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Checklist for Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1854 (Damselflies)
and region Paramaribo (Suriname)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
114
402
507
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
114
402
507
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
6
36
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
6
36
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
6
36
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
3
9
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Paramaribo
3 Families width 12 Species
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies11SpeciesTaxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies1SpeciesTaxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850Broad-winged damselflies0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Paramaribo
9 Genera with 12 Species
Acanthagrion Selys, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Aeolagrion Williamson, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1857Forktail4SpeciesTaxom
Leptagrion Selys, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Leptobasis Selys, 1877Swamp damsels1SpeciesTaxom
Lestes Leach, 1842Emerald Damselflies1SpeciesTaxom
Metaleptobasis Calvert, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Neurobasis Selys, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Telebasis Selys, 1917Firetails1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Paramaribo
12 Species
Acanthagrion apicale Selys, 1876Woodyfruit evening primrose
Acanthagrion ascendens Calvert, 1909
Aeolagrion dorsale Burmeister, 1839
Ischnura capreolus Hagen, 1861
Ischnura fluviatilis Selys, 1876
Ischnura hastata Say, 1839Citrine Forktail
Ischnura ramburii Selys, 1857Rambur'S Forktail
Leptagrion aculeatum Santos, 1965
Leptobasis vacillans Hagen, 1877Red-tipped Swampdamsel
Lestes tenuatus Rambur, 1842Blue-striped Spreadwing
Metaleptobasis bicornis Selys, 1877
Telebasis demararum Williamson, 1917

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in Paramaribo
SuperfamilyCalopterygoidea
Selys, 1850
1
1
0
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCoenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
1
7
11
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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