Euphaeidae
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Euphaeidae, sometimes incorrectly named Epallagidae and commonly called gossamerwings, is a family of damselflies in the odonate superfamily Calopterygoidea. The family is small, consisting of around 78 species living species in nine genera occurring in the Palearctic, Australasia, and Asia. The family contains two subfamilies, Euphaeinae, encompassing all the living species and a single fossil genus, and the extinct Eodichromatinae, encompassing fossil genera from the Eocene to late Oligocene.[1] Euphaeid species are large and mostly metallic-coloured, looking similar to species of damselflies in the family Calopterygidae.[2]
The larvae have seven pairs of supplementary gills along the abdomen in addition to the usual three sac-like gills at the tip of the abdomen. Adults have the fore- and hindwings of equal length, barely petiolate and a long pterostigma that is broader in the hindwing. Adults have close veins and numerous antenodals (15-38), and most breed in forest streams.[3][4]
Subfamilies, tribes, and genera
- †Eodichromatinae
- †Eodichromatini
- †Ejerslevia Zessin, 2011Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Fur Formation, Ypresian, Denmark)
- †Eodichroma Cockerell, 1923Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Wellborn Formation, Priabonian, Texas)
- †Labandeiraia Petrulevičius et al., 2007Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Fur Formation & Green River Formation, Ypresian, Denmark & Colorado)
- †Parazacallites Nel, 1988Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Aix-en-Provence Formation, Chattian, France)
- †Republica Archibald & Cannings, 2021Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Klondike Mountain Formation, Ypresian, Washington)
- †Solveigia wittecki Zessin, 2011Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Fur Formation, Ypresian, Denmark)
- †Wolfgangeuphaea Ferwer & Nel, 2020Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Baltic Amber, Priabonian, Europe)
- †Litheuphaeini
- †Litheuphaea Fraser, 1955Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Goshen flora, Green River Formation & Baltic Amber, Ypresian - Repuelian?, Europe, Colorado, & Oregon)
- incertae sedis
- †Eodysphaea Bechly et al., 2020Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Green River Formation, Ypresian, Colorado)
- †Eodichromatini
- Euphaeinae
- Anisopleura Selys, 1853Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bayadera Selys, 1853Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cryptophaea Hämäläinen, 2003Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Dysphaea Selys, 1853Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- †Elektroeuphaea Nel et al., 2013Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Baltic Amber, Priabonian, Europe)
- Epallage Charpentier, 1840Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Euphaea Selys, 1840Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Heterophaea Cowley, 1934Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Schmidtiphaea Asahina, 1978Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Incertae sedis
- †Epallagites CockerellScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Green River Formation, Ypresian, Colorado)
References
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