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Checklist for Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1854 (Damselflies)
and region Rio Grande do Sul (South Brazil, Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
338
2448
4337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
338
2448
4337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
13
44
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
8
34
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
8
34
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
5
11
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Rio Grande do Sul
5 Families width 19 Species
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies5SpeciesTaxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850Broad-winged damselflies5SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing1SpeciesTaxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies7SpeciesTaxom
Pseudostigmatidae Tillyard, 1917Forest giants1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Rio Grande do Sul
11 Genera with 19 Species
Acanthagrion Selys, 1876
0SpeciesTaxom
Hetaerina Hagen, 1853Rubyspots3SpeciesTaxom
Heteragrion Selys, 1862
0SpeciesTaxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1876Forktail2SpeciesTaxom
Lestes Leach, 1848Emerald Damselflies7SpeciesTaxom
Mecistogaster Rambur, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrion Selys, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Mnesarete Cowley, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Oxyagrion Selys, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Teinobasis Kirby, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Telebasis Selys, 1934Firetails2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Rio Grande do Sul
19 Species
Hetaerina caja (Drury, 1773)⇒ Hetaerina caia Drury, 1773
Hetaerina longipes Hagen, 1853
Hetaerina rosea Selys, 1853
Ischnura capreolus Hagen, 1861
Ischnura fluviatilis Selys, 1876
Lestes auritus Hagen, 1862
Lestes bipupillatus Calvert, 1909
Lestes paulistus Calvert, 1909
Lestes pictus Hagen, 1862
Lestes quadristriatus Calvert, 1909
Lestes spatula Fraser, 1946
Lestes tricolor Erichson, 1848
Mecistogaster amalia Burmeister, 1839Amalia Helicopter
Megapodagrion megalopus Selys, 1862
Mnesarete cupraea Selys, 1853
Mnesarete pruinosa Hagen, 1853
Oxyagrion terminale Selys, 1876
Telebasis carmesina Calvert, 1909
Telebasis theodori Navas, 1934

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in Rio Grande do Sul
SuperfamilyCalopterygoidea
Selys, 1850
1
2
5
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCoenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
2
6
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
2
3
8
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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