Euphaea masoni is a species of damselfly in the family Euphaeidae, the gossamerwings.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Euphaeidae |
| Genus: | Euphaea |
| Species: | E. masoni
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| Euphaea masoni Selys, 1879
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Description
editThe male is almost entirely black, including its wings. The female has lighter colored wings.[3]
Range
editEuphaea masoni is found mostly in Southeast Asia, including southern China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.[4]
Ecology
editIt is found near streams. Phoretic associations between larvae of Nanocladius asiaticus (Diptera, Chironomidae) and Euphaea masoni have been reported.[5]
References
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- ^ a b Sharma, G. (2010). "Euphaea masoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T167415A6344846. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T167415A6344846.en. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Euphaea masoni Selys, 1879". Odonata of India.
- ^ Citizen science observations for Euphaea masoni at iNaturalist
- ^ "Euphaea masoni Selys, 1879". Thailand Nature Project.
- ^ Boonsoong, Boonsatien (January 2016). "Phoretic associations between Nanocladius asiaticus (Diptera, Chironomidae) and its hosts Gestroiella (Heteroptera, Naucoridae) and Euphaea masoni (Odonata, Euphaeidae) in streams in Western Thailand". Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology. 52: 163–169. doi:10.1051/limn/2015025.