Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Calopterygoidea for Ghana (West Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Calopterygoidea Selys, 1850
and region Ghana (West Africa)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	354 3756 9520	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	354 3756 9520	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	17 72 147	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	11 59 141	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	11 59 141	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	7 16 38	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Calopterygoidea Selys, 1850	2 4 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Ghana
2 Families width 6 Species

Chlorocyphidae (Cowley, 1937)	Jewel damselfly	2	Species	Taxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850	Broad-winged damselflies	4	Species	Taxom

Genera for Ghana
4 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Ghana
6 Species

Chlorocypha curta Hagen, 1853	Blue-tailed red jewel
Chlorocypha radix (Longfield, 1959)	⇒ Dicromantispa synapsis Hoffman, 2002
Phaon camerunensis Sjöstedt, 1900	Emerald Demoiselle
Phaon iridipennis Burmeister, 1839	Glistening Demoiselle
Sapho ciliata Fabricius, 1781	Western Bluewing
Umma cincta Hagen, 1853	Broad-winged Sparklewing

Subnodes of Calopterygoidea with occurrences in Ghana

Family	Calopterygidae Selys, 1850 Broad-winged damselflies, Broad-winged Damsels, Demoiselles	3 4	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937 jewel damselfly, Jewels	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom