Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Chiriquita Shadowdamsel
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
Streams
in lowland rain forest
(ca.
400 m
).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [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:
Platystictidae
()
- Tillyard & Fraser, 1938
- Subfamily:
Palaemnematinae
()
- Genus:
Palaemnema
()
- Selys, 1860
- Specific name:
chiriquita
- Calvert, 1931
- Scientific name: - Palaemnema chiriquita Calvert, 1931
- Specific name:
chiriquita
- Calvert, 1931
- Genus:
Palaemnema
(
- Subfamily:
Palaemnematinae
(
- Family:
Platystictidae
(
- 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: Calvert, P. P. The generic
characters and the
species of Palaemnema (Odonata: Agrionidae). Transactions American
Entomological Society 57: 1-111, figs. 1-2, excl. pl. 1-21., 1931.
Last scrutiny: 04-Aug-2008
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Palaemnema
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. baltodanoi (Cacao Shadowdamsel) · P. chiriquita (Chiriquita Shadowdamsel) · P. domina (Desert Shadowdamsel) · P. gigantula (Elongate Shadowdamsel) · P. melanota (Black-Backed Shadowdamsel) · P. paulicoba (Cordoba Shadowdamsel) · P. reventazoni (Reventaz?n Shadowdamsel)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.
- Calvert, P. P. The generic characters and the species of Palaemnema (Odonata: Agrionidae). Transactions American Entomological Society 57: 1-111, figs. 1-2, excl. pl. 1-21., 1931.
- Calvert, P.P. 1931. The generic characters and the species of Palaemnema (Odonata: Agrionidae). Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 57: 1–111.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
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 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Odonata Specialist Group 1996. Palaemnema chiriquita. In: IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.redlist.org . Downloaded on 30 January 2005.
- Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Release date: August 1, 2008
- Paulson, D. & von Ellenrieder, N. 2006. Palaemnema chiriquita. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
- Paulson, D. and von Ellenrieder, N. 2005. Palaemnema chiriquita. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- 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.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5810943
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-2694
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 592188
- IUCN ID: 229464
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6850
Footnotes
- Paulson, D. & von Ellenrieder, N. 2006. Palaemnema chiriquita. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
