Species list, Checklist of Order Odonata (Damselflies) for Benton (Des Moines County, Iowa, USA)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Order Odonata Fabricius, 1793 (Damselflies)
and region Benton (Des Moines County, Iowa, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	53 89 90	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	53 89 90	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	7 13 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	4 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	4 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Benton (Des Moines County)
4 Families width 7 Species

Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	3	Species	Taxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850	Broad-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917	Flatwing	1	Species	Taxom
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842	Chasers	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Benton (Des Moines County)
7 Genera with 7 Species

Argia Rambur, 1840	Dancers	1	Species	Taxom
Calopteryx Leach, 1805	Demoiselle Damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Enallagma Charpentier, 1895	American Bluets	1	Species	Taxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1839	Forktail	1	Species	Taxom
Rhipidolestes Ris, 1951		1	Species	Taxom
Sympetrum Newman, 1861	Darter Dragonfly	1	Species	Taxom
Tramea Hagen, 1861	Saddlebag Gliders	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Benton (Des Moines County)
7 Species

Argia apicalis (Say, 1840)	⇒ Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Calopteryx maculata Palisot de B..., 1805	Black-winged Damselfly
Enallagma carunculatum Morse, 1895	Tule Bluet
Ischnura verticalis Say, 1839	Eastern Forktail
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Sympetrum corruptum Hagen, 1861	Variegated meadowhawk
Tramea onusta Hagen, 1861	Red Saddlebag

Subnodes of Odonata with occurrences in Benton (Des Moines County)

Suborder	Epiprocta Lohmann, 1996	1 2 2	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	3 5 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Odonata (Fabricius 1793)

Links, sources and further information

Odonata at papua-insects.nl
Odonata at ru.ac.za
Odonata at artfakta.se
Odonata at dyntaxa.se
Odonata at gbif.org
Odonata at irmng.org
Odonata at itis.gov
Odonata at marinespecies.org