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Checklist for Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1854 (Damselflies)
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
625
10660
39198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
622
10652
39182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
24
155
409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
11
92
300
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
11
92
300
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
6
32
129
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Indian Ocean islands
6 Families width 129 Species and 4 Subspecies
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies72SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing28SpeciesTaxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850Broad-winged damselflies4SpeciesTaxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies12SpeciesTaxom
Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917White-legged damselflies12SpeciesTaxom
Isostictidae Fraser, 1955Narrow-wings1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Indian Ocean islands
32 Genera with 129 Species
#ACEILMNPST
Africallagma Kennedy, 19512SpeciesTaxom
Agriocnemis Selys, 1842wisp4SpeciesTaxom
Allolestes Selys, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Argia Rambur, 2017Dancers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiagrion Selys, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Argiocnemis Selys, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Azuragrion May, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Caledopteryx Kennedy, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Calopteryx Leach, 1758Demoiselle Damselflies2SpeciesTaxom
Ceriagrion Selys, 17897SpeciesTaxom
Coenagriocnemis Fraser, 18426SpeciesTaxom
Coenagrion Kirby, 1842Eurasian Bluets6SpeciesTaxom
Enallagma Charpentier, 1840American Bluets2SpeciesTaxom
Erythromma Charpentier, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1949Forktail6SpeciesTaxom
Lestes Leach, 1825Emerald Damselflies13SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrion Selys, 1885
0SpeciesTaxom
Millotagrion Fraser, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Nesolestes Selys, 194913SpeciesTaxom
Neurolestes Selys, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Paracnemis Martin, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Phaon Selys, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Platycnemis Burmeister, 1951Featherlegs9SpeciesTaxom
Proplatycnemis Kennedy, 19512SpeciesTaxom
Protolestes Fraser, 19494SpeciesTaxom
Protoneura Selys, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Pseudagrion Selys, 195130SpeciesTaxom
Pyrrhosoma Charpentier, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Selysioneura Förster, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Sympecma Burmeister, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Tatocnemis Kirby, 18918SpeciesTaxom
Teinobasis Kirby, 18962SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean islands
129 Species and 4 Subspecies
Africallagma glaucum Burmeister, 1839Swamp Bluet
Africallagma rubristigma Schmidt, 1951
Agriocnemis exilis (Selys, 1872)⇒ 
Agriocnemis gratiosa (Gerstäcker, 1891)⇒ 
Agriocnemis merina Lieftinck, 1965
Agriocnemis pygmaea Rambur, 1842Pigmy wisp
Allolestes maclachlani Selys, 1869
Allolestes maclachlanii Selys, 1869Seychelles Islander
Argia elongata Garrison & v..., 2017
Argiagrion leoninum (Selys, 1876)⇒ Leptagrion macrurum Burmeister, 1839
Argiocnemis solitaria Selys, 1872
Azuragrion kauderni Sjöstedt, 1917
Caledopteryx sarasini Ris, 1915
Calopteryx splendens Harris, 1782Banded Agrion
Calopteryx virgo Linnaeus, 1758Beautiful Agrion
Ceriagrion auritum Fraser, 1951
Ceriagrion glabrum Burmeister, 1839Common Citril
Ceriagrion madagazureum Fraser, 1949Bluet Citril
Ceriagrion nigrolineatum Schmidt, 1951
Ceriagrion oblongulum Schmidt, 1951
Ceriagrion rubellocerinum Fraser, 1947Red-tipped Waxtail
Ceriagrion tenellum de Villers, 1789Small Red Damsel
Coenagriocnemis insulare Selys, 1872
Coenagriocnemis insularis Selys, 1872
Coenagriocnemis ramburi Fraser, 1950
Coenagriocnemis reuniense Fraser, 1957
Coenagriocnemis reuniensis Fraser, 1957
Coenagriocnemis rufipes Rambur, 1842
Coenagrion interrogatum Hagen, 1876Subarctic Bluet
Coenagrion mercuriale Charpentier, 1840Mercury Bluet
Coenagrion ornatum Selys, 1850Ornate Bluet
Coenagrion puella Linnaeus, 1758Azure Bluet
Coenagrion resolutum Hagen, 1876Taiga Bluet
Coenagrion scitulum Rambur, 1842Dainty Blue Damselfly
Enallagma boreale Selys, 1875Boreal Bluet
Enallagma cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840Common Blue
Erythromma lindenii Selys, 1840Blue-Eye
Erythromma viridulum Charpentier, 1840Lesser Red-eyed Damselfly
Ischnura elegans Vander Linden, 1820Blue Tailed Damselfly
Ischnura filosa Schmidt, 1951
Ischnura pumilio Charpentier, 1825Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly
Ischnura senegalensis Rambur, 1842African Bluetail
Ischnura verticalis Say, 1839Eastern Forktail
Ischnura vinsoni Fraser, 1949
Lestes (Chalcolestes) viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)⇒ Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798
Lestes auripennis Fraser, 1955
Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798Migrant Spreadwing
Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862Common Spreadwing
Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890Emerald Spreadwing
Lestes macrostigma Eversmann, 1836Dark Emerald Damselfly
Lestes ochraceus Selys, 1862Ochre Spreadwing
Lestes ochraceus aldabrensis Blackman & P..., 1967
Lestes ochraceus unicolor McLachlan, 1895
Lestes silvaticus Schmidt, 1951
Lestes simulatrix McLachlan, 1895
Lestes tricolor Erichson, 1848
Lestes virens Charpentier, 1825Small Emerald Damselfly
Millotagrion inaequistigma Fraser, 1953
Nesolestes albicaudus Fraser, 1952
Nesolestes albicolor Fraser, 1955
Nesolestes alboterminatus Selys, 1891
Nesolestes angydna Schmidt, 1951
Nesolestes drocera Fraser, 1951
Nesolestes forficuloides Fraser, 1955
Nesolestes martini Schmidt, 1951
Nesolestes pauliani Fraser, 1951
Nesolestes pulverulans Lieftinck, 1965
Nesolestes radama Lieftinck, 1965
Nesolestes ranavalona Schmidt, 1951
Nesolestes rubristigma Martin, 1903
Nesolestes tuberculicollis Fraser, 1949
Paracnemis alluaudi Martin, 1903
Phaon fuliginosus (Hagen, 1879)⇒ Eulepidotis schedoglauca Dyar, 1914
Phaon iridipennis Burmeister, 1839Glistening Demoiselle
Platycnemis agrioides (Ris, 1915)⇒ Agrilus quadristigmula Obenberger, 1936
Platycnemis alatipes McLachlan, 1872
Platycnemis hova (Martin, 1908)⇒ Agrilus quaestor Obenberger, 1931
Platycnemis longiventris (Schmidt, 1951)⇒ Agrilus quattuordecimsignatus Obenberger, 1935
Platycnemis malgassica (Schmidt, 1951)⇒ Agrilus queenslandiae Obenberger, 1936
Platycnemis pennipes Pallas, 1771Blue Featherleg
Platycnemis protostictoides Fraser, 1953
Platycnemis pseudalatipes Schmidt, 1951
Platycnemis sanguinipes Schmidt, 1951
Proplatycnemis hova Martin, 1908
Proplatycnemis sanguinipes Schmidt, 1951
Protolestes fickei Förster, 1899
Protolestes kerckhoffae Schmidt, 1949
Protolestes leonorae Schmidt, 1951
Protolestes milloti Fraser, 1949
Protoneura romanae Meurgey, 2006
Pseudagrion alcicorne Förster, 1906
Pseudagrion alcicorne digitatum Fraser, 1949
Pseudagrion apicale Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion approximatum Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion cheliferum Fraser, 1949
Pseudagrion chloroceps Fraser, 1953
Pseudagrion deconcertans Aguesse, 1968
Pseudagrion dispar Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion divaricatum Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion giganteum Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion hamulus Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion igniceps (Fraser, 1953)⇒ Pseudagrion chloroceps Fraser, 1953
Pseudagrion lucidum Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion malgassicum Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion massaicum Sjöstedt, 1909Masai Sprite
Pseudagrion mellisi Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion merina Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion nigripes Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion olsufieffi Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion pontogenes Ris, 1915
Pseudagrion pseudomassaicum (Pinhey, 1951)⇒ Pseudagrion sublacteum Karsch, 1893
Pseudagrion punctum Rambur, 1842
Pseudagrion renaudi Fraser, 1953
Pseudagrion seyrigi Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion simile Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion sublacteum Karsch, 1893Cherry-eye Sprite
Pseudagrion sublacteum sublacteum Karsch, 1893
Pseudagrion tinctipennis Fraser, 1951
Pseudagrion trigonale Schmidt, 1951
Pseudagrion ungulatum Fraser, 1951
Pyrrhosoma nymphula Sulzer, 1776Large Red
Selysioneura ranatra Lieftinck, 1949
Sympecma fusca Vander Linden, 1820Brown emerald damselfly
Tatocnemis crenulatipennis Fraser, 1952
Tatocnemis denticularis Aguesse, 1968
Tatocnemis emarginatipennis Fraser, 1960
Tatocnemis malgassica Kirby, 1889
Tatocnemis mellisi Schmidt, 1951
Tatocnemis olsufieffi Schmidt, 1951
Tatocnemis robinsoni Schmidt, 1951
Tatocnemis sinuatipennis Selys, 1891
Teinobasis agriocnemis
Teinobasis alluaudi Martin, 1896Indian Ocean Fineliner

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in Indian Ocean islands
SuperfamilyCalopterygoidea
Selys, 1850
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCoenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
3
21
85
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
2
9
40
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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