Species list, Checklist of Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies) for Ames (Story County, Iowa, USA)

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Checklist for Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1854 (Damselflies)
and region Ames (Story County, Iowa, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	189 792 1071	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	189 792 1071	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	10 20 25	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	6 13 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	6 13 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	4 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Ames (Story County)
4 Families width 8 Species

Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	4	Species	Taxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850	Broad-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901	Spread-winged damselflies	2	Species	Taxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917	Flatwing	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Ames (Story County)
6 Genera with 8 Species

Argia Rambur, 1842	Dancers	2	Species	Taxom
Calopteryx Leach, 1805	Demoiselle Damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Enallagma Charpentier, 1861	American Bluets	1	Species	Taxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1839	Forktail	1	Species	Taxom
Lestes Leach, 1861	Emerald Damselflies	2	Species	Taxom
Rhipidolestes Ris, 1951		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Ames (Story County)
8 Species

Argia apicalis (Say, 1840)	⇒ Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Argia tibialis Rambur, 1842	Blue-tipped Dancer
Calopteryx maculata Palisot de B..., 1805	Black-winged Damselfly
Enallagma civile Hagen, 1861	Damselfly
Ischnura verticalis Say, 1839	Eastern Forktail
Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862	Common Spreadwing
Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861	Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in Ames (Story County)

Superfamily	Calopterygoidea Selys, 1850	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Coenagrionoidea Kirby, 1890	1 3 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 Bluestreaks	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Zygoptera at artfakta.se
Zygoptera at dyntaxa.se
Zygoptera at itis.gov