Diceratobasis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Zygoptera
Superfamilia: Coenagrionoidea

Familia: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Diceratobasis
Species: D. macrogaster – D. melanogaster
Name

Diceratobasis Kennedy, 1920

References

Garrison, R.W., 1986: Diceratobasis melanogaster spec. nov., a new damselfly from the Dominican Republic (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae), with taxonomic and distributional notes on the Odonata of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. Odonatologica 15(l): 61–76.

Diceratobasis is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. The larva of species in this genus live in water that is trapped in bromeliads.

It contains the following species:

Diceratobasis macrogaster (Selys in Sagra, 1857) - Jamaican Bromeliad Damsel
Diceratobasis melanogaster Garrison, 1986 - Hispaniolan Bromeliad Damsel

References

Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
von Ellenrieder, N.; Paulson, D. (2006). "Diceratobasis melanogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T59713A11990541. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T59713A11990541.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
von Ellenrieder, N.; Paulson, D. (2006). "Diceratobasis macrogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T59712A11988007. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T59712A11988007.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.