Mnais

Mnais
Mnais mneme
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Calopterygidae
Subfamily: Calopteryginae
Tribe: Mnaisini
Genus: Mnais
Selys, 1853

Mnais is a genus of broad-winged damselflies, known as copperwings, in the family Calopterygidae. The genus was described by the Belgian entomologist Edmond de Sélys Longchamps in 1853[1]. There are 15 described species in Mnais.[2][3][4][5]

Distribution

Mnias damselflies are found primarily in eastern Asia[2][6].

Biology and Behaviour

Adult male Mnais occur in two genetically determined wing morphs, orange-winged and clear-winged, controlled by a single locus. Orange-winged males tend to be territorial and defend oviposition sites, while clear-winged males are typically non-territorial and perch nearby to intercept females [7][8].

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Mnais:

  • Mnais andersoni McLachlan in Selys, 1873
  • Mnais auripennis Needham, 1930
  • Mnais costalis Selys, 1869
  • Mnais decolorata Bartenef, 1913
  • Mnais esakii Asahina, 1976
  • Mnais gregoryi Fraser, 1924
  • Mnais icteroptera Fraser, 1929
  • Mnais incolor Martin, 1921
  • Mnais maclachlani Fraser, 1924
  • Mnais mneme Ris, 1916
  • Mnais pieli Navas, 1936
  • Mnais pruinosa Selys, 1853
  • Mnais semiopaca May, 1935
  • Mnais tenuis Oguma, 1913
  • Mnais yunosukei (Asahina, 1990)

References

  1. ^ "IRMNG - Ammobaculites orientalis Yan & Norling, 1991 †". irmng.org. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
  2. ^ a b "Mnais". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  3. ^ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (26 August 2013). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/SYEN.12035. ISSN 0307-6970. Wikidata Q54522669.
  4. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  5. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  6. ^ "Odonate Country Checklists - Map of Life". mol.org. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
  7. ^ Tsubaki, Yoshitaka (2003). "The genetic polymorphism linked to mate-securing strategies in the male damselfly Mnais costalis Selys (Odonata: Calopterygidae)". Population Ecology. 45 (3): 263–266. doi:10.1007/s10144-003-0162-8. ISSN 1438-390X.
  8. ^ Sherratt, Thomas N; Beatty, Christopher D; Dewan, Ian; Di Iorio, Katherine; Finkelstein, Isaac; Loeffler-Henry, Karl; Miller, Marrissa; Para, Falisha; Raposo, Megan; Sherratt, Frances (2025-01-29). Briffa, Mark (ed.). "Territorial-sneaker games with non-uniform interactions and female mate choice". Behavioral Ecology. 36 (2). doi:10.1093/beheco/araf002. ISSN 1045-2249. PMC 11786120. PMID 39895950.

Further reading

  • Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.
  • Steinmann, Henrik (1997). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. Vol. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-014933-3.
  • Westfall, Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (1996). Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-0-945417-93-4.
  • Media related to Mnais at Wikimedia Commons


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