Melanesobasis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Melanesobasis
Donnelly, 1984

Melanesobasis [1] is a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. Species are endemic to the Fiji Islands and Vanuatu. These damselflies inhabit fast‐moving forested streams at medium to high elevations (100–750 m).[2][3][4]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[5] lists:

  • Melanesobasis annulata (Brauer, 1869)
  • Melanesobasis bicellulare Donnelly, 1984
  • Melanesobasis corniculata (Tillyard, 1924) (type species)
    • M. corniculata marginata Donnelly, 1984
  • Melanesobasis flavilabris (Selys, 1891)
  • Melanesobasis maculosa Donnelly, 1984
  • Melanesobasis mcleani Donnelly, 1984
  • Melanesobasis prolixa Donnelly, 1984
  • Melanesobasis simmondsi (Tillyard, 1924)

References

  1. ↑ Donnelly, 1984 Melanesobasis gen. nov., a new genus of Fijian damselflies: A possible link between the platycnemidid Lieftinckia and certain coenagrionids (Zygoptera). Odonatologica, 13, 89–105.
  2. ↑ Beatty, C. D. , van Gossum, H. , & Sherratt, T. N. (2007). Nesobasis species diversity and abundance: Notes on an endemic genus of the island group of Fiji (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 36, 13–26.
  3. ↑ Donnelly, T. W. (1990). The Fijian genus Nesobasis Part 1: Species of Viti Levu, Ovalau, and Kadavu (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 17, 87–117.
  4. ↑ Van Gossum, H. , Beatty, C. D. , Tokota'a, M. , & Sherratt, T. N. (2008). The Fijian Nesobasis: A further examination of species diversity and abundance (Odonata: Zygoptera). Odonatologica, 37, 235–245.
  5. ↑ GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility retrieved 29 September 2022)


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