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Checklist for Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1854 (Damselflies)
and region Brokopondo (Suriname)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
61
178
207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
61
178
207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
10
40
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
10
40
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
10
40
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
7
15
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Brokopondo
7 Families width 22 Species
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies10SpeciesTaxom
Protoneuridae Tillyard, 1917Bambootails3SpeciesTaxom
Dicteriadidae Selys, 1853Barelegs1SpeciesTaxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850Broad-winged damselflies3SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing3SpeciesTaxom
Pseudostigmatidae Tillyard, 1917Forest giants2SpeciesTaxom
Perilestidae Tillyard & F..., 1938Shortwings0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Brokopondo
15 Genera with 22 Species
Acanthagrion Selys, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Argia Rambur, 1865Dancers5SpeciesTaxom
Caconeura Kirby, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Epipleoneura Williamson, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Heliocharis Selys, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Hetaerina Hagen, 1853Rubyspots2SpeciesTaxom
Heteragrion Selys, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1861Forktail1SpeciesTaxom
Leptagrion Selys, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Mecistogaster Rambur, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Metaleptobasis Calvert, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Mnesarete Cowley, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Oxystigma Selys, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Perilestes Hagen, 1862
0SpeciesTaxom
Protoneura Selys, 19151SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brokopondo
22 Species
Acanthagrion ascendens Calvert, 1909
Argia fumigata Hagen, 1865
Argia gemella Garrison & v..., 2015
Argia meioura Garrison & v..., 2015
Argia oculata Hagen, 1865
Argia translata Hagen, 1865Dusky Dancer
Caconeura gomphoides Rambur, 1842
Epipleoneura lamina Williamson, 1915
Epipleoneura spatulata Rácenis, 1960
Heliocharis amazona Selys, 1853
Hetaerina moribunda Hagen, 1853
Hetaerina mortua Hagen, 1853
Heteragrion ictericum Williamson, 1919
Ischnura capreolus Hagen, 1861
Leptagrion aculeatum Santos, 1965
Mecistogaster linearis (Fabricius, 1776)⇒ Mecistogaster lucretia Drury, 1773
Mecistogaster ornata Rambur, 1842Ornate Helicopter
Metaleptobasis bicornis Selys, 1877
Mnesarete cupraea Selys, 1853
Oxystigma cyanofrons Williamson, 1919
Oxystigma petiolatum Selys, 1862
Protoneura calverti Williamson, 1915

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in Brokopondo
SuperfamilyCalopterygoidea
Selys, 1850
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCoenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
3
9
15
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
2
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Zygoptera at artfakta.se
Zygoptera at dyntaxa.se
Zygoptera at itis.gov