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Checklist for Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1854 (Damselflies)
and region Mariposa County (California, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
167
637
972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
167
637
972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
9
21
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
6
17
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
6
17
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
2
6
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mariposa County
2 Families width 18 Species
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies13SpeciesTaxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mariposa County
6 Genera with 18 Species
Amphiagrion Selys, 1839Red Damsels2SpeciesTaxom
Argia Rambur, 1865Dancers3SpeciesTaxom
Coenagrion Kirby, 1876Eurasian Bluets1SpeciesTaxom
Enallagma Charpentier, 1840American Bluets4SpeciesTaxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1876Forktail3SpeciesTaxom
Lestes Leach, 1861Emerald Damselflies5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mariposa County
18 Species
Amphiagrion abbreviatum Selys, 1876Western Red Damsel
Amphiagrion saucium Burmeister, 1839Eastern Red Damsel
Argia emma Kennedy, 1916Emma's Dancer
Argia lugens Hagen, 1861Sooty Dancer
Argia vivida Hagen, 1865Vivid Dancer
Coenagrion resolutum Hagen, 1876Taiga Bluet
Enallagma annexum (Hagen, 1861)⇒ Enallagma cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840
Enallagma boreale Selys, 1875Boreal Bluet
Enallagma carunculatum Morse, 1895Tule Bluet
Enallagma cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840Common Blue
Ischnura cervula Selys, 1876Pacific Forktail
Ischnura denticollis Burmeister, 1839Black-fronted 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
Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861Lyre-tipped Spreadwing

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in Mariposa County
SuperfamilyCoenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
1
5
13
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
1
1
5
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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