Polythore

Polythore
	Male
	Female; both Polythore gigantea Colombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Polythoridae
Genus:	Polythore; Calvert, 1917

Polythore is a genus of damselflies in the family Polythoridae. There are over 20 described species in Polythore.

Species

The following species are currently placed in Polythore:

Polythore albistriata Bota-Sierra & Sánchez Herrera, 2023
Polythore aurora (Selys, 1879)^{i c g}
Polythore batesi (Selys, 1869)^{i c g}
Polythore beata (McLachlan, 1869)^{i c g}
Polythore boliviana (McLachlan, 1878)^{i c g}
Polythore chiribiquete (Zloty & Pritchard, 2001)
Polythore concinna (McLachlan, 1881)^{i c g}
Polythore derivata (McLachlan, 1881)^{i c g}
Polythore gigantea (Selys, 1853)^{i c g}
Polythore koepckei Börzsöny, 2013
Polythore lamerceda Bick and Bick, 1985^{i c g}
Polythore manua Bick and Bick, 1990^{i c g}
Polythore mutata (McLachlan, 1881)^{i c g}
Polythore neopicta Bick and Bick, 1990^{i c g}
Polythore ornata (Selys, 1879)^{i c g}
Polythore picta (Rambur, 1842)^{i c g}
Polythore procera (Selys, 1869)^{i c g}
Polythore spaeteri Burmeister and Börzsöny, 2003^{i c g}
Polythore terminata Fraser, 1946^{i c g}
Polythore vexilla Tennessen, 2024
Polythore victoria (McLachlan, 1869)^{i c g}
Polythore vittata (Selys, 1869)^{i c g}
Polythore williamsoni (Förster, 1903)^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF,

Etymology

The genus name Polythore was introduced by Calvert in 1917 as a replacement for Thore Selys, 1853, which was preoccupied by a name previously used for a genus of spiders. Calvert stated that the name Polythore refers to the denser wing venation of its members compared with other genera in the group.

References

1 2 Calvert, Philip P. (1917). "Studies on Costa Rican Odonata. VIII. A new genus allied to Cora". Entomological News, and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 28: 259–263 [263].
1 2 "Polythore Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
1 2 "Browse Polythore". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
1 2 "Polythore". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
1 2 Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 1 June 2026.

Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691113647.
Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
Ball-Damerow, J.E.; Oboyski, P.T.; Resh, V.H. (2015). "California dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) database: temporal and spatial distribution of species records collected over the past century". ZooKeys (482): 67–89. Bibcode:2015ZooK..482...67B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.482.8453. PMC 4337221. PMID 25709531.
Lam, Ed (2004). Damselflies of the Northeast. Biodiversity Books. ISBN 978-0975401507.
Nikula, Blair; Loose, Jennifer L.; Burne, Matthew R. (2003). Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife.
Steinmann, Henrik (1997). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. Vol. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-014933-8.
Westfall, Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (1996). Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 0-945417-93-4.

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[Calvert_1917-1] 1 2 Calvert, Philip P. (1917). "Studies on Costa Rican Odonata. VIII. A new genus allied to Cora". Entomological News, and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 28: 259–263 [263].

[itis-2] 1 2 "Polythore Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-19.

[catlife-3] 1 2 "Browse Polythore". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-19.

[gbif-4] 1 2 "Polythore". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-19.

[WOL-5] 1 2 Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 1 June 2026.

Polythore

Male

Female both Polythore gigantea Colombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Polythoridae
Genus:	Polythore Calvert, 1917

Polythore

Species

Etymology

References

Further reading