Devadatta (damselfly)
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Amphipterygoidea |
| Family: | Devadattidae Dijkstra, Kalkman, Dow, Stokvis & van Tol, 2014[1] |
| Genus: | Devadatta Kirby, 1890[2] |
Devadatta is a genus of damselflies in the family Devadattidae, which is a family in the superfamily Amphipterygoidea.[3] Species of Devadatta inhabit forest streams in Southeast Asia, with the greatest diversity occurring in Borneo.[4] The family Devadattidae contains only the genus Devadatta and about 13 described species.[3][5]
Members of the genus are medium-sized damselflies characterised by their broad wings and distinctive wing venation. They are typically found in shaded forest habitats and are often associated with small streams.[4]
Family classification
[edit]Devadatta was traditionally placed within Amphipterygidae, a family that formerly included several geographically isolated genera from Asia, Africa and the Americas.[1][6] Morphological studies supported the distinctiveness of Devadatta, while molecular analyses failed to support a close relationship between the genera historically included in Amphipterygidae.[1][7][8]
In 2014, Dijkstra and colleagues concluded that these lineages are best treated as separate families and established Devadattidae for the genus Devadatta.[1] Subsequent phylogenomic analyses supported the recognition of Devadattidae as a distinct family of damselflies.[9]
Species
[edit]The following species are currently placed in Devadatta:[3]
- Devadatta aran Dow, Hämäläinen & Stokvis, 2015
- Devadatta argyoides (Selys, 1859)
- Devadatta basilanensis Laidlaw, 1934
- Devadatta clavicauda Dow, Hämäläinen & Stokvis, 2015
- Devadatta cyanocephala Hämäläinen, Sasamoto & Karube, 2006
- Devadatta ducatrix Lieftinck, 1969
- Devadatta glaucinotata Sasamoto, 2003
- Devadatta kompieri Phan, Sasamoto & Hayashi, 2015
- Devadatta multinervosa Fraser, 1933
- Devadatta podolestoides Laidlaw, 1934
- Devadatta sokoh Dow, Hämäläinen & Stokvis, 2015
- Devadatta tanduk Dow, Hämäläinen & Stokvis, 2015
- Devadatta yokoii Phan, Sasamoto & Hayashi, 2015
Etymology
[edit]The family name Devadattidae is derived from the type genus Devadatta, with the standard zoological suffix -idae used for animal families.
The genus name Devadatta was introduced by Kirby in 1890 as a replacement name for Tetraneura Selys, 1859, which was preoccupied.[2] Kirby did not explain the derivation of the name. It is probably derived from the Sanskrit देवदत्त (Devadatta), meaning "given by the gods" or "god-given".[10]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. Bibcode:2014SysEn..39...68D. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
- 1 2 Kirby, W.F. (1890). A Synonymic Catalogue of Neuroptera Odonata, or Dragonflies. With an Appendix of fossil species. London: Gurney & Jackson. pp. 202 [111]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.5534.
- 1 2 3 Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- 1 2 Dow, Rory A.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Stokvis, Frank R. (2015). "Revision of the genus Devadatta Kirby, 1890 in Borneo based on molecular and morphological methods, with descriptions of four new species (Odonata: Zygoptera: Devadattidae)". Zootaxa. 4033 (3): 301–349. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4033.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26624409.
- ↑ "Devadatta". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
- ↑ Bridges, Charles A. (1994). Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Odonata of the world (3rd ed.). Urbana, Illinois: Charles A. Bridges. p. II.1. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.15291.
- ↑ Rehn, A.C. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis of higher-level relationships of Odonata". Systematic Entomology. 28 (2): 181–239. Bibcode:2003SysEn..28..181R. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00210.x.
- ↑ Bybee, S.M.; Ogden, T.H.; Branham, M.A.; Whiting, M.F. (2008). "Molecules, morphology and fossils: a comprehensive approach to odonate phylogeny and the evolution of the odonate wing". Cladistics. 24 (4): 477–514. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00191.x. PMID 34879634.
- ↑ Bybee, S. M.; Kalkman, V. J.; Erickson, R. J.; Frandsen, P. B.; Breinholt, J. W.; Suvorov, A.; Ware, J. L. (2021). "Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 160: 1–15. Bibcode:2021MolPE.16007115B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107115. hdl:11093/2768. PMID 33609713.
- ↑ Apte, Vaman Shivram (2017). The Student's Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Containing Appendices on Sanskrit Prosody and Important Literary and Geographical Names in the Ancient History of India. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. ISBN 9788120800458.
Further reading
[edit]- Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.