Description
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Habitat
Ecology: Larvae breed
in water of bromeliad
leaf axils
. Commonest at middle-elevation areas (Westfall and May 1996), e.g.
, 1,000 m
(Garrison 1986). Adults
perch on bromeliads growing high on steep cliffs
(Daigle 1993).[1]
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Arthropods
- Class:
Insecta
()
- Insects
- Order:
Odonata
()
- Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Family:
Coenagrionoidea
()
- Genus:
Diceratobasis
()
- Specific name:
melanogaster
- Garrison, 1986
- Scientific name: - Diceratobasis melanogaster Garrison, 1986
- Specific name:
melanogaster
- Garrison, 1986
- Genus:
Diceratobasis
(
- Family:
Coenagrionoidea
(
- Order:
Odonata
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: van Tol J., 07-Mar-2006
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Diceratobasis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. macrogaster · D. melanogaster
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Further Reading
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- Daigle, J.J. 1993b. A checklist of the Odonata of the Dominican Republic by province. Bulletin of American Odonatology 1(4): 65–69.
- Garrison, R.W. 1995. The taxonomic status of twenty-five (25) taxa of Odonata of the Continental United States. Submitted to the National Biological Survey: 1-38.
- Westfall Jr., M.J. and May, M.L. 1996. Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, Florida.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World
- von Ellenrieder, N. & Paulson, D. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2722330
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-6970
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 592483
- IUCN ID: 59713
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 479175
Footnotes
- von Ellenrieder, N. & Paulson, D. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
