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Taxonomy of Genus Enallagma Charpentier, 1840
American Bluets, bluet, Bluets


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
315
2742
23344
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
212
1837
15688
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
170
1701
15422
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
24
490
6731
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Coenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
7
278
4343
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyCoenagrionidae
Kirby, 1890
Narrow-winged damselflies, Narrow-Winged Damselfly
176
2958
Genera
Species
SubfamilyIschnurinae
Fraser, 1957
49
688
Genera
Species
GenusEnallagma
Charpentier, 1840
American Bluets, Bluet, Bluets
147Species
Subnodes of Enallagma Charpentier, 1840
SpeciesEnallagma abessinicum Sjöstedt, 1917  ⇒ Proischnura subfurcatum
SpeciesEnallagma ambiguum Navas, 1936  ⇒ Agrilus sagax
SpeciesEnallagma angolicum Pinhey, 1966
SpeciesEnallagma anna Williamson, 1900
River Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma annexum Hagen, 1861  ⇒ Enallagma cyathigerum
Northern Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma antennatum Say, 1840
Rainbow Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma aspersum Hagen, 1861
Azure Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma asperum
SpeciesEnallagma assamica Fraser, 1919
SpeciesEnallagma assamicum Fraser, 1919
SpeciesEnallagma basidens Calvert, 1902
Double-Striped Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma belyshevi Haritonov, 1975
SpeciesEnallagma bilobata Grünberg, 1902
SpeciesEnallagma boreale Selys, 1875
Boreal Bluet
2Subspecies
SpeciesEnallagma brevispina Selys, 1876
SpeciesEnallagma brunneum Evans, 1845  ⇒ Enallagma cyathigerum
SpeciesEnallagma buchholzi Pinhey, 1971
SpeciesEnallagma calverti Selys, 1875  ⇒ Enallagma boreale boreale
SpeciesEnallagma camerunense Karsch, 1899
SpeciesEnallagma caputavis Terzani & Carletti, 1998
SpeciesEnallagma cardenium Hagen in Selys, 1876  ⇒ Eusceptis koehleri
Purple Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma carunculatum Morse, 1895
Tule Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma charpentieri Selys, 1840  ⇒ Enallagma cyathigerum
SpeciesEnallagma circulatum Selys, 1883  ⇒ Enallagma boreale
SpeciesEnallagma civile Hagen, 1861
Damselfly, Familiar Bluet
1Subspecies
SpeciesEnallagma clausum Morse, 1895
Alkali Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma coecum Hagen, 1861
Antillean Bluet, Purple Bluet
2Subspecies
SpeciesEnallagma concisum Williamson, 1922
Cherry Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma continentale Belyshev, 1956  ⇒ Enallagma cyathigerum
SpeciesEnallagma culicinorum Byers, 1927  ⇒ Eurythmus bryophiloides
SpeciesEnallagma cultellatum Hagen, 1876
SpeciesEnallagma cuneistigma Pinhey, 1969
SpeciesEnallagma cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840
Common Blue, Common Blue Damselfly, Common Bluet
5Subspecies
SpeciesEnallagma daeckii Calvert, 1903
Attentuated Bluet, Attenuated Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma davisi Westfall, 1943
Sandhill Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma dentiferum Walsh, 1863  ⇒ Enallagma signatum
SpeciesEnallagma deserti Selys, 1871
Desert Bluet
1Subspecies
SpeciesEnallagma divagans Selys, 1876
Turquoise Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma doubledayi Selys, 1850
Atlantic Bluet, Doubledays Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma dubium Root, 1924
Burgundy Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma durum Hagen, 1861
Big Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma ebrium Hagen, 1861
Marsh Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma eiseni Calvert, 1895
Baja Bluet, Baja California Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma elongatum Martin, 1907
SpeciesEnallagma emma
SpeciesEnallagma exsulans Hagen, 1861
Stream Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma fischeri Kellicott, 1895  ⇒ Enallagma antennatum
SpeciesEnallagma florissantella T. D. A. Cockerell, 1908
SpeciesEnallagma fractum Ris, 1921  ⇒ Africallagma elongatum
SpeciesEnallagma fugax Pinhey, 1962  ⇒ Africallagma glaucum
SpeciesEnallagma gabonense Selys, 1876
SpeciesEnallagma geminatum Kellicott, 1895
Skimming Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma glaucum Burmeister, 1839  ⇒ Africallagma glaucum
1Subspecies
SpeciesEnallagma granti McLachlan, 1903
SpeciesEnallagma hageni Walsh, 1863
Hagen's Bluet, Hagens bluet, Hagen´s Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma hastulatum Stephens, 1836  ⇒ Enallagma cyathigerum
SpeciesEnallagma immsi
SpeciesEnallagma insula Fraser, 1920
SpeciesEnallagma kirkbyae Pierce, 1965
SpeciesEnallagma krugii Kolbe, 1888  ⇒ Eusceptis koehleri
SpeciesEnallagma laterale Morse, 1895
New England Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma laurenti Calvert, 1919  ⇒ Eustrotia albifissa
SpeciesEnallagma longfieldae Fraser, 1947  ⇒ Euplexia albinota
SpeciesEnallagma luniferum Muttkowski, 1913  ⇒ Coenagrion angulatum
SpeciesEnallagma malayanum Selys, 1876
SpeciesEnallagma maldivense Laidlaw, 1902
SpeciesEnallagma maldivensis Laidlaw, 1902
SpeciesEnallagma melanotum Selys, 1876
SpeciesEnallagma mercuriale Charpentier, 1840
SpeciesEnallagma minusculum Morse, 1895
Little Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma minutum Ris, 1931  ⇒ Pinheyagrion angolicum
SpeciesEnallagma mongolicum Benedek, 1968
SpeciesEnallagma moremi Balinsky, 1967  ⇒ Pinheyagrion angolicum
SpeciesEnallagma mortuella T. D. A. Cockerell, 1909
SpeciesEnallagma nigridorsum Selys, 1876  ⇒ Euxoa achyricola
1Subspecies
SpeciesEnallagma nigriprothorax Le Roi, 1914  ⇒ Enallagma cyathigerum
SpeciesEnallagma nigrolineatum Belyshev & Haritonov, 1975  ⇒ Pteroteinon pruna
SpeciesEnallagma nigrothorax Le Roi, 1914
SpeciesEnallagma novaehispaniae Calvert, 1907
Neotropical Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma oblisum T. D. A. Cockerell, 1925
SpeciesEnallagma obliteratum Selys, 1876
SpeciesEnallagma occultum Ris, 1918
SpeciesEnallagma oligocena T. D. A. Cockerell, 1916
SpeciesEnallagma optimolocus Miller & Ivie, 1995  ⇒ Enallagma carunculatum
SpeciesEnallagma ornatiformis Le Roi, 1914  ⇒ Enallagma cyathigerum
SpeciesEnallagma ovigerum Calvert, 1909
SpeciesEnallagma pallidum Root, 1923
Pale Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma parvum Selys, 1876
Azure dartlet
SpeciesEnallagma pictum Morse, 1895
Scarlet Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma piscinarium Williamson, 1900  ⇒ Enallagma geminatum
SpeciesEnallagma plebeium Selys, 1876  ⇒ Enallagma civile
SpeciesEnallagma pollutum Hagen, 1861
Florida Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma polychromatica Barnard, 1937
SpeciesEnallagma polychromaticum Barnard, 1937
SpeciesEnallagma possompesi Heymer, 1968  ⇒ Enallagma cyathigerum
SpeciesEnallagma praevarum Hagen, 1861
Arroyo Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma pseudelongatum Longfield, 1936
SpeciesEnallagma pulchrum Hagen, 1840  ⇒ Enallagma cyathigerum
SpeciesEnallagma recurvatum Davis, 1913
Pale Barrens Bluet, Pine Barrens Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma risi Schmidt, 1961  ⇒ Pteroteinon pruna
SpeciesEnallagma robustum Selys, 1875  ⇒ Enallagma cyathigerum
SpeciesEnallagma rotundatum Bartenef, 1929  ⇒ Pteroteinon pruna
SpeciesEnallagma rotundipenne Ris, 1921
SpeciesEnallagma rotundipennis Samways, 1992  ⇒ Enallagma rotundipenne
SpeciesEnallagma rua Donnelly, 1968  ⇒ Enallagma praevarum
SpeciesEnallagma rubristigma Schmidt, 1951
SpeciesEnallagma sapphirinum Pinhey, 1950
SpeciesEnallagma schmidti Steinmann, 1997
SpeciesEnallagma schultzei Ris, 1908  ⇒ Africallagma glaucum
SpeciesEnallagma semicirculare Selys, 1876
Claw-tipped Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma signatum Hagen, 1861
Orange Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma simile Selys, 1876  ⇒ Enallagma civile
SpeciesEnallagma sinuatum Ris, 1921
SpeciesEnallagma somalicum Longfield, 1931
1Subspecies
SpeciesEnallagma strouhali St Quentin, 1962  ⇒ Pteroteinon pruna
SpeciesEnallagma subfurcata Selys, 1876
SpeciesEnallagma subfurcatum Selys, 1876  ⇒ Agrilus sumbuanus
SpeciesEnallagma subtile Ris, 1921  ⇒ Euplexia albifusa
SpeciesEnallagma sudanicum Fraser in Pinhey, 1966
SpeciesEnallagma sulcatum Williamson, 1922
Golden Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma traviatum Selys, 1876
Slender Bluet
2Subspecies
SpeciesEnallagma truncatum Gundlach, 1888
Cuban Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma vaginale Sjöstedt, 1917  ⇒ Euplexia albinota
SpeciesEnallagma vansomereni Pinhey, 1956  ⇒ Agrilus samyi
SpeciesEnallagma vernale Gloyd, 1943  ⇒ Enallagma cyathigerum
Vernal Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma vesperum Calvert, 1919
Vesper Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma walkeri Muttkowski, 1911
SpeciesEnallagma webbianum Foerster, 1906
SpeciesEnallagma weewa Byers, 1927
Blackwater Bluet
SpeciesEnallagma westfalli Donnelly, 1964
SpeciesEnallagma ypsilon Needham, 1942  ⇒ Enallagma novaehispaniae

Synonyms
Aenallagma (Selys, 1875)
Africallagma (Kennedy, 1920)
Amphiallagma (Kennedy, 1920)
Ischnallagma (Kennedy, 1920)
Proischnura (Kennedy, 1920)
Sobobapteron (Pierce, 1965)
Teleallagma (Kennedy, 1920)
Thermagrion (Förster, 1906)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Enallagma
GermanBecherjungfern
EnglishAmerican Bluets, Bluet, Bluets
DutchWatersnuffels
DanishDamvandnymfer


Distribution of Enallagma Charpentier, 1840
Albania, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Zimbabwe


Distribution on islands
Orkney Islands


Found in fossile formations
Florissant Fossil Beds, Green River Formation, Much Wenlock Limestone Formation


Ecozone
Forest, River, Wood, Wetland, Meadows, Grasslands, Mountains, Highlands, Urban, Lakes, Riversides


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