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swampdamsels
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swampdamsels

Leptobasis

Leptobasis is a small genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. They are commonly known as Swampdamsels. The genus is neotropical and one species, L. melinogaster, has been recorded in Texas. They are slender and the females have very long ovipositors.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Red-tipped Swampdamsel

speciesLeptobasis vacillans

Lucifer Swampdamsel

speciesLeptobasis lucifer

Cream-tipped Swampdamsel

speciesLeptobasis melinogaster

Leptobasis linda

speciesLeptobasis linda

Leptobasis mauffrayi

speciesLeptobasis mauffrayi

Guanacaste Swampdamsel

speciesLeptobasis guanacaste

Caribbean Swampdamsel

speciesLeptobasis candelaria

Leptobasis raineyi

speciesLeptobasis raineyi

Leptobasis buchholzi

speciesLeptobasis buchholzi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89439.