Oxystigma Selys 1862

Garrison, Rosser W., 2014, Review of Oxystigma Selys with the synonymy of Oxystigma williamsoni Geijskes (Odonata: Heteragrionidae), Zootaxa 3780 (2), pp. 347-364 : 349

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Oxystigma Selys 1862 View in CoL

Heteragrion (Oxystigma) Selys 1862: 31 (29 reprint) (as subgenus with unique species Heteragrion petiolatum Selys 1862 ). Oxystigma: Williamson 1919: 3 View in CoL (as genus distinct from Heteragrion Selys View in CoL );— Cowley 1934: 245 (genus wrongly attributed to Williamson 1919)

Type species. Heteragrion petiolatum Selys 1862 , by monotypy.

Other species included. Oxystigma caerulans De Marmels 1987 , O. cyanofrons Williamson 1919 . Diagnosis. The genus is diagnosed, illustrated and keyed in Garrison et al. (2010). Distribution. Strictly South American and predominantly Amazonian genus occurring from the Guyanas south into northern Brazil and Ecuador ( Fig. 58 View FIGURE 58 ).