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Genus of damselflies
Prodasineura , the Asian threadtails , is a
genus of
damselflies in the family
Platycnemididae . All the
Afrotropical species formerly in this genus are now placed in
Elattoneura , the African threadtails.
[1] Dijkstra et al. (2014) moved the genus (and related Elattoneura ) from
Protoneuridae to Platycnemididae based on
molecular phylogenetic research.
[2]
These are delicately built damselflies, with very wide heads. The males have starkly contrasting colours, typically a black body that is striped in blue, red or yellow.
[2] The colour pattern on the male's synthorax (which carries the wings) and tip of his abdomen, in combination with the shape of the four terminal appendages (the cerci and paraprocts, or male claspers for copulation) are useful features when distinguishing species in the genus. The cerci are generally hammer-like with a pointed apex, while the broad paraprocts taper abruptly towards a rounded tip.
[2] While females are broadly similar to males, details of their well-developed prothorax facilitate separation of species.
Some are found along fast-flowing streams, while others conversely prefer streams flowing slowly over sandy substrates. Some occur at open streams in secondary forest or the tributaries of lowland rivers.
[2]
It contains the following species:
[3]
Prodasineura abbreviata Lieftinck, 1951
Prodasineura auricolor (Fraser, 1927)
Prodasineura autumnalis (Fraser, 1922) – Black threadtail
[4]
Prodasineura coerulescens (Fraser, 1932)
Prodasineura collaris (Selys, 1860)
Prodasineura croconota Ris, 1916
Prodasineura delicatula (Lieftinck, 1930)
Prodasineura doisuthepensis Hoess, 2007
Prodasineura dorsalis (Selys, 1860)
Prodasineura flammula Lieftinck, 1948
Prodasineura flavifacies Pinhey, 1981
Prodasineura fujianensis Xu, 2006
Prodasineura gracillima (Selys, 1886)
Prodasineura haematosoma Lieftinck, 1937
Prodasineura hanzhongensis Yang & Li, 1995
Prodasineura hosei (Laidlaw, 1913)
Prodasineura hyperythra (Selys, 1886)
Prodasineura incerta Pinhey, 1962
Prodasineura integra (Selys, 1882)
Prodasineura interrupta (Selys, 1860)
Prodasineura laidlawii (Förster in Laidlaw, 1907)
Prodasineura lansbergei (Selys, 1886)
Prodasineura longjingensis (Zhou, 1981)
Prodasineura nigra (Fraser, 1922)
Prodasineura notostigma (Selys, 1860)
Prodasineura obsoleta (Selys, 1882)
Prodasineura odoneli (Fraser, 1924)
Prodasineura odzalae Aguesse, 1966)
Prodasineura palawana Lieftinck, 1948
Prodasineura peramoena (Laidlaw, 1913)
Prodasineura perisi Compte Sart, 1964
Prodasineura quadristigma Lieftinck, 1951
Prodasineura sita (Kirby, 1893)
Prodasineura tenebricosa Lieftinck, 1937
Prodasineura theebawi (Fraser, 1922)
Prodasineura verticalis (Selys, 1860) – Black bambootail
[5]
Prodasineura villiersi Fraser, 1948 – White-fronted threadtail
[6]
Prodasineura vittata (Selys, 1886) – Orange-fronted threadtail
[7]
^ Dijkstra, K.-D.B.
"Genus Elattoneura Cowley, 1935 - African threadtails" . addo.adu.org.za . frican Dragonflies and Damselflies Online. Retrieved 1 March 2022 .
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d Phan, Quoc Toan; Ngo, Quoc Phu (22 May 2020).
"A revision of the systematics and distribution of the damselfly genus Prodasineura Cowley, 1934 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae) in Vietnam with description of two new species" . European Journal of Taxonomy (650): 1.
doi :
10.5852/ejt.2020.650 . Retrieved 1 March 2022 .
^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023).
"World Odonata List" . OdonataCentral,
University of Alabama . Retrieved 14 March 2023 .
^ Wilson, K. D. P. (2009).
"Prodasineura autumnalis " .
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 : e.T167139A6307601.
doi :
10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T167139A6307601.en .
^ Subramanian, K. A. (2005).
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF) .
^ Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2010).
"Prodasineura villiersi " .
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 : e.T169263A6603367.
doi :
10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T169263A6603367.en .
^ Clausnitzer, V. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2010).
"Elattoneura vittata " .
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 : e.T184255A8255337.
doi :
10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184255A8255337.en .