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Checklist for Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1854 (Damselflies)
and region Ceará (Northeast Brazil, Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
270
790
1075
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
270
790
1075
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
32
66
92
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
23
52
76
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
23
52
76
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
4
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ceará
4 Families width 9 Species
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies5SpeciesTaxom
Protoneuridae Tillyard, 1917Bambootails1SpeciesTaxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850Broad-winged damselflies1SpeciesTaxom
Hemiphlebiidae Fraser, 1960Ancient greenling2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ceará
7 Genera with 9 Species
Acanthagrion Selys, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Argia Rambur, 1865Dancers3SpeciesTaxom
Eoprotoneura Carle & Wighton, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Hetaerina Hagen, 1990Rubyspots1SpeciesTaxom
Mnesarete Cowley, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Oxyagrion Selys, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Parahemiphlebia Jarzembowski..., 19982SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ceará
9 Species
Acanthagrion quadratum Selys, 1876Mexican Wedgetail
Argia lilacina Selys, 1865Fourwing evening primrose
Argia modesta Selys, 1865Fourwing evening primrose
Argia tinctipennis Selys, 1865Fourwing evening primrose
Eoprotoneura hyperstigma F. L. Carle, 1990
Hetaerina indeprensa Garrison, 1990
Oxyagrion chapadense Costa, 1978
Parahemiphlebia cretacica E. A. Jarzem..., 1998
Parahemiphlebia mickoleiti G. Bechly, 1998

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in Ceará
SuperfamilyCalopterygoidea
Selys, 1850
1
2
1
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCoenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
2
4
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyHemiphlebioidea
Fraser, 1960
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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