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Coenagrionoidea
Coenagrionoidea is a superfamily of closed wing damselflies of the order Odonata found worldwide. It contains 3 different families.http://home1.stofanet.dk/erland_refling/odo_order_coenagrionoidea_uk.htm Coenagrionoidea See also * List of damselflies of the world (Coenagrionidae) *'' Acanthagrion abunae'' *'' Acanthagrion adustum'' *'' Acanthagrion aepiolum'' *'' Acanthagrion amazonicum'' *'' Acanthagrion apicale'' *'' Acanthagrion ascendens'' *'' Acanthagrion chacoense'' *'' Acanthagrion chararum'' *'' Acanthagrion cuyaba ... References Taxa named by William Forsell Kirby Insect superfamilies {{Coenagrionoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coenagrionoidea
Coenagrionoidea is a superfamily of closed wing damselflies of the order Odonata found worldwide. It contains 3 different families.http://home1.stofanet.dk/erland_refling/odo_order_coenagrionoidea_uk.htm Coenagrionoidea See also * List of damselflies of the world (Coenagrionidae) *'' Acanthagrion abunae'' *'' Acanthagrion adustum'' *'' Acanthagrion aepiolum'' *'' Acanthagrion amazonicum'' *'' Acanthagrion apicale'' *'' Acanthagrion ascendens'' *'' Acanthagrion chacoense'' *'' Acanthagrion chararum'' *'' Acanthagrion cuyaba ... References Taxa named by William Forsell Kirby Insect superfamilies {{Coenagrionoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damselflies
Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Anisoptera, but are smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the wings along the body when at rest, unlike dragonflies which hold the wings flat and away from the body. An ancient group, damselflies have existed since at least the Lower Permian, and are found on every continent except Antarctica. All damselflies are predatory insects; both nymphs and adults actively hunt and eat other insects. The nymphs are aquatic, with different species living in a variety of freshwater habitats including acidic bogs, ponds, lakes and rivers. The nymphs moult repeatedly, at the last moult climbing out of the water to undergo metamorphosis. The skin splits down the back, they emerge and inflate their wings and abdomen to gain their adult form. Their presence on a body of water indicates that it is relatively unpolluted, but the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protoneuridae
The Protoneuridae are a family of damselflies. Most species are commonly known as threadtails, while others are commonly known as bambootails. Characteristics These are usually small-sized damselflies and their wings are narrow and mostly transparent, with simple venation. The males tend to be colourful and many have a red, orange, yellow or blue thorax and a black abdomen. Others have a black thorax and brightly coloured abdomen and others are entirely dark. Their usual habitats are the verges of rivers and streams and the margins of large lakes. Update Now Pseudostigmatidae and New World Protoneuridae are sunk in Coenagrionidae and Old World Protoneuridae in Platycnemididae. Genera The family contains the following genera : *'' Amazoneura'' Machado, 2004 *''Arabineura'' Schneider and Dumont, 1995 *'' Caconeura'' Kirby, 1890 *'' Chlorocnemis'' Selys, 1863 *'' Drepanoneura'' von Ellenrieder & Garrison, 2008 *''Disparoneura'' Selys, 1860 *''Elattoneura'' Cowley, 1935 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudagrion Rubriceps
''Pseudagrion rubriceps'', saffron-faced blue dart, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in many tropical Asian countries. Description and habitat It is a medium sized damselfly with bright orange eyes, greenish below. The male is easily distinguished from all other ''Pseudagrion'' species by the brilliant reddish-orange face, from which it derives its common name. Its thorax is olive green above and azure blue on the sides. There is a narrow mid-dorsal carina and humeral stripes in black. Abdomen is blue on the sides, broadly marked with black on dorsum, up to segment 8. Segments 9 and 10 are azure blue without any marks. Anal appendages are black. Eyes, face and thorax of the female is yellowish green, marked as in the male. Color of the abdomen is similar to the male; but paler. Segments 8 and 9 are also black with fine apical blue rings. Segment 10 is pale blue. Widely distributed throughout the plains and submontane areas. It breeds in wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Forsell Kirby
William Forsell Kirby (14 January 1844 – 20 November 1912) was an English entomologist and folklorist. Life He was born in Leicester. He was the eldest son of Samuel Kirby, who was a banker. He was educated privately, and became interested in butterflies and moths at an early age. The family moved to Brighton, where he became acquainted with Henry Cooke, Frederick Merrifield and J. N. Winter. He published the ''Manual of European Butterflies'' in 1862. In 1867 he became a curator in the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society, and produced a ''Synonymic Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera'' (1871; Supplement 1877). In 1879 Kirby joined the staff of the British Museum (Natural History) as an assistant, after the death of Frederick Smith. He published a number of catalogues, as well as ''Rhopalocera Exotica'' (1887–1897) and an ''Elementary Text-book of Entomology''. He also did important work on orthopteroid insects including a three volume Catalogue of all known species (1904, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coenagrionidae
The insect family Coenagrionidae is placed in the order Odonata and the suborder Zygoptera. 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, Coenagrioninae, Ischnurinae, Leptobasinae, and Pseudagrioninae. This family is referred to as the narrow-winged damselflies or the pond damselflies. 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.Integrated Taxonomic Information System (2007)Coenagrionidae retrieved November 4, 2007. Etymology The name may be derived from Greek ''coen'' meaning shared or common and ''agrio'' meaning fields or wild. Characteristics * Usually have a black pattern * Ground c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isostictidae
Isostictidae is a small family of medium-sized to large damselflies restricted to Australia, New Caledonia, and New Guinea. It contains 12 genera and more than 40 species. Members of this family resemble species in the threadtail family (Protoneuridae). Diagnosis *Adult: The adults are small to medium in size with a length of 15–40 mm. They have two antenodal crossveins, most postnodal crossveins aligned with crossveins behind them, quadrilateral cell almost rectangular, no supplementary intercalary longitudinal veins, and an anal vein fused with wing margin. Their antennae are seven-segmented. *Larva: The larva has a labial mask short, flat, palps narrow, palpal setae present, premental setae variable, median lobe shallowly cleft; caudal gills saccular to triquetral, strongly nodate. Ecology Adults of Isostictidae have many common names and they are narrow-wings, pinflies, pins, pondsitters, and wiretails. *Instream habitat: Isostictid damselfly nymphs occur in streams, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycnemididae
The Platycnemididae are a family of damselflies. They are known commonly as white-legged damselflies. There are over 400 species native to the Old World.Dijkstra, K. D. B., Kalkman, V. J., Dow, R. A., Stokvis, F. R., & Van Tol, J. (2014)Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata).''Systematic Entomology'', 39(1), 68-96. The family is divided into several subfamilies. Genera There are about 50 genera of Platycnemididae.Theischinger, G., Gassmann, D., & Richards, S. J. (2015)''Macrocnemis gracilis'', a new genus and species of Idiocnemidinae (Zygoptera: Platycnemididae) from Papua New Guinea.''Zootaxa'', 3990(3), 429. Genera include: * '' Allocnemis'' Selys, 1863 * '' Arabicnemis'' Waterston, 1984 * ''Arabineura'' Schneider & Dumont, 1995 * '' Archboldargia'' Lieftinck, 1949 * '' Arrhenocnemis'' Lieftinck, 1933 * '' Asthenocnemis'' Lieftinck, 1949 * '' Caconeura'' Kirby, 1890 * '' Calicnemia'' Strand, 1928 * '' Ciliagrion'' Sjö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudostigmatidae
The Pseudostigmatidae are a family of tropical damselflies, known as helicopter damselflies, giant damselflies, or forest giants. The family includes the largest of all damselfly species. They specialize in preying on web-building spiders, and breed in phytotelmata, the small bodies of water held by plants such as bromeliads. Range The species traditionally placed in Pseudostigmatidae are all Neotropical. Two range as far as northeastern Mexico: ''Mecistogaster ornata'' occurs in Tamaulipas and ''Pseudostigma aberrans'' in both Tamaulipas and Nuevo León. In 2006, Molecular phylogeny, molecular phylogenetic analysis confirmed that the African damselfly ''Coryphagrion grandis'', previously often classified within Megapodagrionidae or in a monotypic family Coryphagrionidae, belonged within family Pseudostigmatidae, close to genus ''Mecistogaster'', as was proposed already ten years before. This finding suggests that the family dates back to before the breakup of the supercont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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