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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
318
1918
3616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
317
1917
3616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
13
39
79
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
8
34
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
8
34
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
4
10
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Riverside County
4 Families width 29 Species
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies25SpeciesTaxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850Broad-winged damselflies1SpeciesTaxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies2SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Riverside County
10 Genera with 29 Species
Amphiagrion Selys, 1876Red Damsels1SpeciesTaxom
Argia Rambur, 1865Dancers9SpeciesTaxom
Chromagrion Needham, 1876Aurora Damsels1SpeciesTaxom
Coenagrion Kirby, 1758Eurasian Bluets1SpeciesTaxom
Enallagma Charpentier, 1840American Bluets6SpeciesTaxom
Hetaerina Hagen, 1798Rubyspots1SpeciesTaxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1857Forktail6SpeciesTaxom
Lestes Leach, 1862Emerald Damselflies2SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidolestes Ris, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Telebasis Selys, 1861Firetails1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Riverside County
29 Species
Amphiagrion abbreviatum Selys, 1876Western Red Damsel
Argia agrioides Calvert, 1895California Dancer
Argia alberta Kennedy, 1918Paiute Dancer
Argia apicalis (Say, 1840)⇒ Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Argia hinei Kennedy, 1918Lavender Dancer
Argia lugens Hagen, 1861Sooty Dancer
Argia moesta Hagen, 1861Powdered Dancer
Argia nahuana Calvert, 1902Aztec Dancer
Argia sedula Hagen, 1861Blue-ringed Dancer
Argia vivida Hagen, 1865Vivid Dancer
Chromagrion conditum Hagen, 1876Aurora Damsel
Coenagrion puella Linnaeus, 1758Azure Bluet
Enallagma annexum (Hagen, 1861)⇒ Enallagma cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840
Enallagma boreale Selys, 1875Boreal Bluet
Enallagma carunculatum Morse, 1895Tule Bluet
Enallagma civile Hagen, 1861Damselfly
Enallagma clausum Morse, 1895Alkali Bluet
Enallagma cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840Common Blue
Hetaerina americana Fabricius, 1798American Rubyspot
Ischnura barberi Currie, 1903Desert Forktail
Ischnura cervula Selys, 1876Pacific Forktail
Ischnura denticollis Burmeister, 1839Black-fronted Forktail
Ischnura hastata Say, 1839Citrine Forktail
Ischnura perparva McLachlan, 1876Western Forktail
Ischnura ramburii Selys, 1857Rambur'S Forktail
Lestes congener Hagen, 1861Spotted Spreadwing
Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862Common Spreadwing
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Telebasis salva Hagen, 1861Desert Firetail

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in Riverside County
SuperfamilyCalopterygoidea
Selys, 1850
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCoenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
1
7
25
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
2
2
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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