Micrathyria

Micrathyria is a Neotropical genus of dragonflies. They have bright green eyes and white faces. Most species have a markedly striped thorax. They are commonly known as Tropical Dashers.

As of 2002, there were about 48 species.

Species include: • Micrathyria aequalis (Hagen, 1861) - Spot-tailed Dasher

• Micrathyria almeidai Santos, 1945

• Micrathyria artemis Ris, 1911 - Artemis Dasher

• Micrathyria athenais Calvert, 1909

• Micrathyria atra (Martin, 1897) - Black Dasher

• Micrathyria borgmeieri Santos, 1947

• Micrathyria caerulistyla Donnelly, 1992 - Blue-tipped Dasher

• Micrathyria cambridgei Kirby, 1897

• Micrathyria catenata Calvert, 1909

• Micrathyria coropinae Geijskes, 1963

• Micrathyria debilis (Hagen, 1861)

• Micrathyria dictynna Ris, 1919

• Micrathyria dido Ris, 1911

• Micrathyria didyma (Selys in Sagra, 1857) - Three-striped Dasher

• Micrathyria dissocians Calvert, 1906 - Caribbean Dasher

• Micrathyria divergens Westfall, 1992

• Micrathyria dunklei Westfall, 1992

• Micrathyria duplicata Navás, 1922

• Micrathyria dythemoides Calvert, 1909

• Micrathyria eximia Kirby, 1897

• Micrathyria hagenii Kirby, 1890 - Thornbush Dasher

• Micrathyria hesperis Ris, 1911

• Micrathyria hippolyte Ris, 1911 - Forest Dasher

• Micrathyria hypodidyma Calvert, 1906

• Micrathyria iheringi Santos, 1946

• Micrathyria kleerekoperi Calvert, 1946

• Micrathyria laevigata Calvert, 1909

• Micrathyria longifasciata Calvert, 1909

• Micrathyria mengeri Ris, 1919

• Micrathyria occipita Westfall, 1992

• Micrathyria ocellata Martin, 1897

• Micrathyria paruensis Geijskes, 1963

• Micrathyria pirassunungae Santos, 1953

• Micrathyria pseudeximia Westfall, 1992

• Micrathyria pseudhypodidyma Costa, Lourenço & Viera, 2002

• Micrathyria ringueleti Rodrigues, 1988

• Micrathyria romani Sjöstedt, 1918

• Micrathyria schumanni Calvert, 1906

• Micrathyria spinifera Calvert, 1909

• Micrathyria spuria (Selys, 1900)

• Micrathyria stawiarskii Santos, 1953

• Micrathyria surinamensis Geijskes, 1963

• Micrathyria sympriona Tennessen, 2000

• Micrathyria tibialis Kirby, 1897 - Pale-footed Dasher

• Micrathyria ungulata Förster, 1907

• Micrathyria venezuelae De Marmels, 1989