Bradinopyga
Appearance
Bradinopyga | |
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B. geminata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Subfamily: | Sympetrinae |
Genus: | Bradinopyga Kirby, 1893 |
Bradinopyga is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. It contains the following species:[1]
- Bradinopyga cornuta Ris, 1911 – horned rock-dweller[2]
- Bradinopyga geminata (Rambur, 1842) – granite ghost[3]
- Bradinopyga konkanensis Joshi & Sawant, 2020 – Konkan rockdweller[4]
- Bradinopyga strachani (Kirby, 1900) – red rock-dweller[5]
The name is derived from Aeolic Greek bradinos (=rhadinos) meaning slender or pliable and Greek pyge for rump or buttock.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
- ^ Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. (2016). "Bradinopyga cornuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59824A84506981. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59824A84506981.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
- ^ Joshi, S.; Sawant, D. (2020). "Description of Bradinopyga konkanensis sp. nov. (Odonata: Anisoptera: Libellulidae) from the coastal region of Maharashtra, India". Zootaxa. 4779 (1): 065–078. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4779.1.4. PMID 33055799. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Bradinopyga strachani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59825A84507333. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59825A84507333.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Jaeger, Edmund C. (1944). A source-book of biological names and terms. Charles C. Thomas. p. 34.