Species list, Checklist of Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies) for New Guinea (Australasia)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Endemic in New Guinea

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Checklist for Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1854 (Damselflies)
and region New Guinea (Australasia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	397 4697 21747	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	396 4696 21746	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	14 83 338	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	14 83 338	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	14 83 338	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	9 38 203	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for New Guinea
9 Families width 203 Species and 28 Subspecies

Amphipterygidae Selys, 1853		2	Species	Taxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850	Broad-winged damselflies	2	Species	Taxom
Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937	Jewel damselfly	1	Species	Taxom
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	101	Species	Taxom
Isostictidae Fraser, 1955	Narrow-wings	11	Species	Taxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901	Spread-winged damselflies	10	Species	Taxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917	Flatwing	24	Species	Taxom
Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917	White-legged damselflies	42	Species	Taxom
Platystictidae Laidlaw, 1924	Forest Damselflies	10	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in New Guinea

Superfamily	Calopterygoidea Selys, 1850	3 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Coenagrionoidea Kirby, 1890	4 27 164	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 Bluestreaks	2 7 34	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Zygoptera at artfakta.se
Zygoptera at dyntaxa.se
Zygoptera at itis.gov