Coenagrionidae

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Coenagrionidae
Ceriagrion glabrum male panorama.jpg
Male Ceriagrion glabrum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Coenagrionoidea
Family: Coenagrionidae
Kirby, 1890[1]
Diversity
at least 110 genera

The insect family Coenagrionidae is placed in the order Odonata and the suborder Zygoptera.[2] The Zygoptera are the damselflies, which although less known than the dragonflies, are no less common. More than 1,300 species are in this family, making it the largest damselfly family. The family Coenagrionidae has six subfamilies: Agriocnemidinae, Argiinae, , , , and .[3]

This family is referred to as the narrow-winged damselflies or the pond damselflies.[4] The Coenagrionidae enjoy a worldwide distribution, and are among the most common of damselfly families. This family has the smallest of damselfly species. More than 110 genera of the family Coenagrionidae are currently accepted.[5][3]

Etymology[]

The name may be derived from Greek coen meaning shared or common and agrio meaning fields or wild.

Characteristics[]

forewing of the variable damselfly (Coenagrion pulchellum)
  • Usually have a black pattern
  • Ground color may be green, blue, yellow, orange, or purple
  • Narrow, stalked, usually colorless and clear wings
  • Two antenodal cross veins
  • Vein M3 arising nearer to nodus than arculus

Adults are seen around various habitats including ponds and wetlands. The females lay their eggs among living or dead submerged vegetation, and in some species, even crawl about underwater depositing their eggs. The nymphs are usually found in debris or among living or dead submerged plant material.[6]

Genera[]

Eastern billabong fly (Austroagrion watsoni, female)
Coromandel marsh dart Ceriagrion coromandelianum
Azure damselfly, Coenagrion puella
Blue-tailed damselfly, Ischnura elegans
Saffron-faced blue dart Pseudagrion rubriceps

These genera belong to the family Coenagrionidae:[7][8][3]

  • Acanthagrion Selys, 1876
  • Williamson & Williamson, 1924
  • Kennedy, 1920
  • Aciagrion Selys, 1891
  • Williamson, 1917
  • Africallagma Kennedy, 1920
  • Agriocnemis Selys, 1877
  • Machado, 2004
  • Amphiagrion Selys, 1876 (red damsels)
  • Kennedy, 1920
  • Selys, 1863
  • Bulla, 1973
  • Lencioni, 2008
  • Selys, 1876
  • Anomisma McLachlan, 1877
  • Ris, 1904
  • Apanisagrion Kennedy, 1920
  • Archibasis Kirby, 1890
  • Fraser, 1948
  • Argia Rambur, 1842 (dancers)
  • Argiocnemis Selys, 1877
  • Austroagrion Tillyard, 1913
  • Lieftinck, 1953
  • Austrocnemis Tillyard, 1913
  • Kennedy, 1920
  • Machado & Lencioni, 2011
  • Azuragrion May, 2002
  • De Marmels, 2005
  • Caliagrion Tillyard, 1913
  • St. Quentin, 1960
  • Ceriagrion Selys, 1876
  • Chromagrion Needham, 1903 (aurora damsels)
  • Coenagriocnemis Fraser, 1949
  • Coenagrion Kirby, 1890 (Eurasian bluets)
  • Coryphagrion Morton, 1924
  • Kennedy, 1920
  • Machado, 2009
  • Diceratobasis Kennedy, 1920
  • Garrison & von Ellenrieder, 2008
  • von Ellenrieder & Garrison, 2008
  • Donnelly & Alayo, 1966
  • Enallagma Charpentier, 1840 (American bluets)
  • Epipleoneura Williamson, 1915
  • Williamson, 1915
  • Erythromma Charpentier, 1840
  • Anjos-Santos, Lozano & Costa, 2013
  • Lencioni, 1999
  • Machado & Bedê, 2016
  • Machado & Bedê, 2016
  • Hesperagrion Calvert, 1902 (painted damsels)
  • Hämäläinen & Marinov, 2014
  • Kennedy, 1920
  • Guan, Dumont, Yu, Han & Vierstraete, 2013
  • Hylaeonympha Rácenis, 1968
  • Idioneura Selys, 1860
  • Santos, 1961
  • Ischnura Charpentier, 1840 (forktails)
  • Junix Rácenis, 1968
  • De Marmels, 2003
  • Selys, 1876
  • Leptobasis Selys, 1877 (swamp damsels)
  • Leptocnemis Selys, 1886
  • Rácenis, 1959
  • Villanueva, 2012
  • Mecistogaster Rambur, 1842
  • Megalagrion McLachlan, 1883
  • Megaloprepus Rambur, 1842
  • Donnelly, 1984
  • Kennedy, 1920
  • Sjöstedt, 1918
  • Calvert, 1907
  • Microstigma Rambur, 1842
  • Fraser, 1953
  • Santos, 1965
  • Mortonagrion Fraser, 1920
  • Nehalennia Selys, 1850 (sprites)
  • Neoerythromma Kennedy, 1920 (yellowfaces)
  • Neoneura Selys, 1860 (robust threadtails)
  • Selys, 1891
  • von Ellenrieder & Garrison, 2008
  • Oreocnemis Pinhey, 1971
  • Selys, 1876
  • Kennedy, 1920
  • Fraser, 1926
  • Villanueva, 2012
  • Ris, 1913
  • Paracercion Weekers & Dumont, 2004
  • Selys, 1863
  • Hagen in Selys, 1860
  • Williamson, 1916
  • von Ellenrieder, 2008
  • May, 2002
  • Lieftinck, 1949
  • Kennedy, 1920
  • Proischnura Kennedy, 1920
  • Selys, 1889
  • Kennedy, 1920
  • Protoneura Selys in Sagra, 1857
  • Williamson, 1915
  • Pseudagrion Selys, 1876
  • Pseudostigma Selys, 1860
  • Pyrrhosoma Charpentier, 1840
  • Santos, 1966
  • Villanueva, 2012
  • von Ellenrieder & Garrison, 2008
  • Laidlaw, 1915
  • Teinobasis Kirby, 1890
  • Selys, 1876
  • Telebasis Selys, 1865 (firetails)
  • De Marmels, 2007
  • Thaumatagrion Lieftinck, 1932
  • Calvert, 1909
  • Machado, 2009
  • Machado, 2009
  • Ober & Staniczek, 2009
  • Xanthagrion Selys, 1876
  • Xanthocnemis Tillyard, 1913
  • Xiphiagrion Selys, 1876
  • Zoniagrion Kennedy, 1920

See also[]

References[]

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  6. ^ John L. Capinera (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 1244–1245. ISBN 978-1-4020-6242-1.
  7. ^ Dijkstra, Klaas‐Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39: 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
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