Polythore

Polythore is a genus of damselflies in the family Polythoridae. There are about 19 described species in Polythore.^[1][2][3][4]

Polythore
male
female both P. gigantea Colombia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Polythoridae
Genus:	Polythore Calvert, 1917

Species

These 19 species belong to the genus Polythore:

• Polythore aurora (Selys, 1879) ^{i c g}
• Polythore batesi (Selys, 1869) ^{i c g}
• Polythore beata (McLachlan, 1869) ^{i c g}
• Polythore boliviana (McLachlan, 1878) ^{i c g}
• Polythore concinna (McLachlan, 1881) ^{i c g}
• Polythore derivata (McLachlan, 1881) ^{i c g}
• Polythore gigantea (Selys, 1853) ^{i c g}
• Polythore lamerceda Bick and Bick, 1985 ^{i c g}
• Polythore manua Bick and Bick, 1990 ^{i c g}
• Polythore mutata (McLachlan, 1881) ^{i c g}
• Polythore neopicta Bick and Bick, 1990 ^{i c g}
• Polythore ornata (Selys, 1879) ^{i c g}
• Polythore picta (Rambur, 1842) ^{i c g}
• Polythore procera (Selys, 1869) ^{i c g}
• Polythore spaeteri Burmeister and Börzsöny, 2003 ^{i c g}
• Polythore terminata Fraser, 1946 ^{i c g}
• Polythore victoria (McLachlan, 1869) ^{i c g}
• Polythore vittata (Selys, 1869) ^{i c g}
• Polythore williamsoni (Förster, 1903) ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[1] c = Catalogue of Life,^[2] g = GBIF,^[3] b = Bugguide.net

References

1. "Polythore Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
2. "Browse Polythore". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
3. "Polythore". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
4. "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2018-04-19.

Further reading

• Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691113647.
• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Ball-Damerow, J.E.; Oboyski, P.T.; Resh, V.H. (2015). "California dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) database: temporal and spatial distribution of species records collected over the past century". ZooKeys (482): 67–89. doi:10.3897/zookeys.482.8453. PMC 4337221. PMID 25709531.
• Lam, Ed (2004). Damselflies of the Northeast. Biodiversity Books. ISBN 978-0975401507.
• Nikula, Blair; Loose, Jennifer L.; Burne, Matthew R. (2003). Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife.
• Steinmann, Henrik (1997). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. Vol. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-014933-8.
• Westfall, Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (1996). Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 0-945417-93-4.