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Checklist for Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1854 (Damselflies)
and region El Dorado County (Eastern California, California, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
305
1529
2459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
304
1528
2458
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
14
43
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
8
31
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
8
31
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
3
7
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for El Dorado County
3 Families width 25 Species
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies20SpeciesTaxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850Broad-winged damselflies1SpeciesTaxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for El Dorado County
7 Genera with 25 Species
Amphiagrion Selys, 1876Red Damsels1SpeciesTaxom
Argia Rambur, 1865Dancers7SpeciesTaxom
Coenagrion Kirby, 1876Eurasian Bluets2SpeciesTaxom
Enallagma Charpentier, 1863American Bluets8SpeciesTaxom
Hetaerina Hagen, 1798Rubyspots1SpeciesTaxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1876Forktail2SpeciesTaxom
Lestes Leach, 1861Emerald Damselflies4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for El Dorado County
25 Species
Amphiagrion abbreviatum Selys, 1876Western Red Damsel
Argia emma Kennedy, 1916Emma's Dancer
Argia fumipennis Burmeister, 1839Variable Dancer
Argia lugens Hagen, 1861Sooty Dancer
Argia nahuana Calvert, 1902Aztec Dancer
Argia plana Calvert, 1902Springwater Dancer
Argia sedula Hagen, 1861Blue-ringed Dancer
Argia vivida Hagen, 1865Vivid Dancer
Coenagrion puella Linnaeus, 1758Azure Bluet
Coenagrion resolutum Hagen, 1876Taiga Bluet
Enallagma annexum (Hagen, 1861)⇒ Enallagma cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840
Enallagma basidens Calvert, 1902Double-Striped Bluet
Enallagma boreale Selys, 1875Boreal Bluet
Enallagma carunculatum Morse, 1895Tule Bluet
Enallagma civile Hagen, 1861Damselfly
Enallagma clausum Morse, 1895Alkali Bluet
Enallagma cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840Common Blue
Enallagma hageni Walsh, 1863Hagen's Bluet
Hetaerina americana Fabricius, 1798American Rubyspot
Ischnura cervula Selys, 1876Pacific Forktail
Ischnura perparva McLachlan, 1876Western Forktail
Lestes congener Hagen, 1861Spotted Spreadwing
Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862Common Spreadwing
Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890Emerald Spreadwing
Lestes stultus Hagen, 1861Black Spreadwing

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in El Dorado County
SuperfamilyCalopterygoidea
Selys, 1850
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCoenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
1
5
20
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
1
1
4
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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