Amphipteryx

Amphipteryx
Images of Amphipteryx jaroli (A–E), whole male holotype dead and preserved (A), frontal view head (B), lateral pterothorax (C), life male in the field (D) and dorsal pterothorax (E)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Amphipterygidae
Tillyard, 1917
Genus: Amphipteryx
Selys, 1853

Amphipteryx is a genus of damselflies, the only extant genus in the family Amphipterygidae. It is limited to Mesoamerica from Mexico to Honduras and Guatemala.

Most damselflies in this family live in tropical rainforests and cloud forests. They rest on vegetation hanging over seeps and streams. The larvae live in gravel and leaf litter.

There are five species in this family:

  • Amphipteryx agrioides Selys, 1853 – Montane Relict Damsel
  • Amphipteryx chiapensis González, 2010
  • Amphipteryx jaroli Jocque & Argueta, 2014
  • Amphipteryx longicaudata González, 1991
  • Amphipteryx meridionalis González, 2010
  • Amphipteryx nataliae González, 2010
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