Polythore
| Polythore | |
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| 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.