Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Jamaican Bromeliad Damsel
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
Areas with bromeliads
. Larvae breed
in water of bromeliad leaf axils
and tolerate a wide range
of physico-chemical conditions (Laessle
1961). Commonest in moist upland
areas (Westfall and May 1996). (Ref.
268456).
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Odonatoptera
()
- Order:
Odonata
()
- Fabricius, 1793
- Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Suborder:
Zygoptera
()
- Selys, 1854
- Superfamily:
Coenagrionoidea
()
- Kirby, 1890
- Family:
Coenagrionidae
()
- Kirby, 1890
- Subfamily:
Leptobasinae
()
- Genus:
Diceratobasis
()
- Kennedy, 1920
- Specific name:
macrogaster
- (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
- Scientific name: - Diceratobasis macrogaster (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
- Specific name:
macrogaster
- (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
- Genus:
Diceratobasis
(
- Subfamily:
Leptobasinae
(
- Family:
Coenagrionidae
(
- Superfamily:
Coenagrionoidea
(
- Suborder:
Zygoptera
(
- Order:
Odonata
(
- Superorder:
Odonatoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: de Selys Longchamps, E. Neuropteres de l'isle
de Cuba. -- In R. de la Sagra, Histoire physique, politique et naturelle.
Animaux articulees: p. 435-473. [Presumably the Spanish edition
is
the original]. Paris 1-??., 1857.
Last scrutiny: 04-Aug-2008
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Diceratobasis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. macrogaster (Jamaican Bromeliad Damsel) · D. melanogaster (Hispaniolan Bromeliad Damsel)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Garrison, R.W. 1986. Diceratobasis melanogaster spec. nov., a new damselfly from the Dominican Republic (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae), with taxonomic and distributional notes on the Odonata of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. Odonatologica 15(1): 61–76.
- IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
- Laessle, A.M. 1961. A micro-limnological study of Jamaican bromeliads. Ecology 42: 499–517
- Westfall Jr., M.J. 1976. Taxonomic relationships of Diceratobasis macrogaster (Selys) and Phylolestes ethelae Christiansen of the West Indies as revealed by their larvae (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae, Synlestidae). Odonatologica 5(1): 65–76.
- Westfall Jr., M.J. and May, M.L. 1996. Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, Florida.
- de Selys Longchamps, E. Neuropteres de l'isle de Cuba. -- In R. de la Sagra, Histoire physique, politique et naturelle. Animaux articulees: p. 435-473. [Presumably the Spanish edition is the original]. Paris 1-??., 1857.
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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Release date: August 1, 2008
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- von Ellenrieder, N. & Paulson, D. 2006. Diceratobasis macrogaster. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2722329
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-1892
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 592482
- IUCN ID: 205254
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 479174
Footnotes
- von Ellenrieder, N. & Paulson, D. 2006. Diceratobasis macrogaster. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
