Pyrrhosoma

Pyrrhosoma
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Pyrrhosoma Charpentier, 1840

Pyrrhosoma is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It contains the following species:

• Pyrrhosoma elisabethae Schmidt, 1948 – Greek red damselfly
• Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776) – large red damselfly

Former congeners Pyrrhosoma latiloba Yu, Yang & Bu, 2008 and P. tinctipenne (McLachlan, 1894) are now placed in genus Huosoma Guan, Dumont, Yu, Han & Vierstraete, 2013.

References

• Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; John Abbott; Cornelio Bota-Sierra; Cyrille Deliry; Klaas-Douwe Dijkstra; Federico Lozano. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
• "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.

External links

• Media related to Pyrrhosoma at Wikimedia Commons