Polythore is a genus of damselflies in the family Polythoridae. There are over 20 described species in Polythore.
Species The following species are currently placed in Polythore:
Polythore albistriata Bota-Sierra & Sánchez Herrera, 2023 Polythore aurora (Selys, 1879) i c g Polythore batesi (Selys, 1869) i c g Polythore beata (McLachlan, 1869) i c g Polythore boliviana (McLachlan, 1878) i c g Polythore chiribiquete (Zloty & Pritchard, 2001) Polythore concinna (McLachlan, 1881) i c g Polythore derivata (McLachlan, 1881) i c g Polythore gigantea (Selys, 1853) i c g Polythore koepckei Börzsöny, 2013 Polythore lamerceda Bick and Bick, 1985 i c g Polythore manua Bick and Bick, 1990 i c g Polythore mutata (McLachlan, 1881) i c g Polythore neopicta Bick and Bick, 1990 i c g Polythore ornata (Selys, 1879) i c g Polythore picta (Rambur, 1842) i c g Polythore procera (Selys, 1869) i c g Polythore spaeteri Burmeister and Börzsöny, 2003 i c g Polythore terminata Fraser, 1946 i c g Polythore vexilla Tennessen, 2024 Polythore victoria (McLachlan, 1869) i c g Polythore vittata (Selys, 1869) i c g Polythore williamsoni (Förster, 1903) i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF,
Etymology The genus name Polythore was introduced by Calvert in 1917 as a replacement for Thore Selys, 1853, which was preoccupied by a name previously used for a genus of spiders. Calvert stated that the name Polythore refers to the denser wing venation of its members compared with other genera in the group.
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