Limnetron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Limnetron
Förster, 1907
Type species
Limnetron antarcticum
Förster, 1907[1]
Species
  • Limnetron antarcticum Förster, 1907[1]
  • Limnetron debile (Karsch, 1891)[2]

Limnetron is a genus of dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae. It consists of two species: Limnetron antarcticum Förster, 1907, and Limnetron debile (Karsch, 1891), though some experts speculate that there are additional, undiscovered species.[3] They are found in forest streams in Paraguay, south-eastern Brazil, northern Argentina, and Peru.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Förster, F. (1907). "Neotropische Libellen. 5". Entomologische Wochenblatt. 24 (37): 63.
  2. ↑ Karsch, Ferd. (1891). "Kritik des Systems der Aeschniden". Entomologische Nachrichten. 17 (18): 286.
  3. 1 2 Garrison, Rosser W.; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Louton, Jerry A. (2006). "Limnetron". Dragonfly Genera of the New World: An illustrated and annotated key to the Anisoptera. Baltimore: JHU Press. p. 53.


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