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Checklist for Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1854 (Damselflies)
and region Pichincha (Ecuador)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
182
1161
1339
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
181
1160
1338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
7
24
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
7
24
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
7
24
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
4
11
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Pichincha
4 Families width 18 Species
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies12SpeciesTaxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850Broad-winged damselflies2SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing3SpeciesTaxom
Polythoridae Munz, 1919Bannerwings1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Pichincha
11 Genera with 18 Species
Acanthagrion Selys, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Argia Rambur, 1914Dancers5SpeciesTaxom
Hetaerina Hagen, 1873Rubyspots2SpeciesTaxom
Heteragrion Selys, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Heteropodagrion Selys, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1918Forktail2SpeciesTaxom
Leptobasis Selys, 1877Swamp damsels1SpeciesTaxom
Oxyallagma Kennedy, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Philogenia Selys, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Polythore Calvert, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Telebasis Selys, 1995Firetails1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Pichincha
18 Species
Acanthagrion trilobatum Leonard, 1977
Acanthagrion yungarum Ris, 1918
Argia eliptica Selys, 1865Fourwing evening primrose
Argia medullaris Hagen, 1865
Argia oculata Hagen, 1865
Argia pulla Hagen, 1865
Argia variegata Foerster, 1914
Hetaerina aurora Ris, 1918
Hetaerina capitalis Selys, 1873Wolf's evening primrose
Heteragrion cooki Daigle & Ten..., 2000
Heteropodagrion sanguinipes Selys, 1895
Ischnura capreolus Hagen, 1861
Ischnura indivisa Ris, 1918
Leptobasis vacillans Hagen, 1877Red-tipped Swampdamsel
Oxyallagma dissidens Selys, 1876
Philogenia monotis Kennedy, 1941
Polythore gigantea Selys, 1853
Telebasis brevis Bick & Bick, 1995Cosmopterigid moths

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in Pichincha
SuperfamilyCalopterygoidea
Selys, 1850
2
2
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCoenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
1
6
12
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
1
3
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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