Polythore Explained

Polythore is a genus of damselflies in the family Polythoridae. There are about 19 described species in Polythore.

Species

These 19 species belong to the genus Polythore:

• Polythore aurora (Selys, 1879)

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• Polythore batesi (Selys, 1869)

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• Polythore beata (McLachlan, 1869)

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• Polythore boliviana (McLachlan, 1878)

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• Polythore concinna (McLachlan, 1881)

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• Polythore derivata (McLachlan, 1881)

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• Polythore gigantea (Selys, 1853)

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• Polythore lamerceda Bick and Bick, 1985

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• Polythore manua Bick and Bick, 1990

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• Polythore mutata (McLachlan, 1881)

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• Polythore neopicta Bick and Bick, 1990

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• Polythore ornata (Selys, 1879)

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• Polythore picta (Rambur, 1842)

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• Polythore procera (Selys, 1869)

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• Polythore spaeteri Burmeister and Börzsöny, 2003

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• Polythore terminata Fraser, 1946

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• Polythore victoria (McLachlan, 1869)

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• Polythore vittata (Selys, 1869)

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• Polythore williamsoni (Förster, 1903)

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Further reading

• Book: Abbott . John C.. 2005. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. 978-0691113647.
• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 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. 10.3897/zookeys.482.8453. free . 25709531 . 4337221 . 67–89.
• Book: Lam . Ed. 2004. Damselflies of the Northeast. Biodiversity Books. 978-0975401507.
• Book: Nikula . Blair. Loose . Jennifer L.. Burne . Matthew R.. 2003. Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife.
• Book: Steinmann . Henrik. Wermuth . Heinz. Fischer . Maximilian. 1997. World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. Walter de Gruyter. 110. 3-11-014933-8.
• Book: Westfall . Minter J. Jr.. May . Michael L.. 1996. Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. 0-945417-93-4.