Species list, Checklist of Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies) for Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	348 2667 4080	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	348 2667 4080	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	14 56 86	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	12 54 86	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	12 54 86	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	6 15 23	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Ryukyu Islands
6 Families width 23 Species

Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	12	Species	Taxom
Euphaeidae Jacobson & B..., 1905	Gossamerwings	3	Species	Taxom
Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917	White-legged damselflies	2	Species	Taxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850	Broad-winged damselflies	2	Species	Taxom
Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937	Jewel damselfly	1	Species	Taxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917	Flatwing	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Ryukyu Islands
15 Genera with 23 Species

Species list for Ryukyu Islands
23 Species

Agriocnemis femina Brauer, 1868	Orange-tailed Midget
Agriocnemis pygmaea Rambur, 1842	Pigmy wisp
Bayadera brevicauda Fraser, 1928
Bayadera ishigakiana Asahina, 1964
Cercion malayanum Selys, 1876
Ceriagrion aeruginosum Brauer, 1869	Redtail
Ceriagrion auranticum Fraser, 1922	Orange-tailed Sprite
Ceriagrion melanurum Selys, 1876
Coeliccia flavicauda Ris, 1912
Coeliccia macrostigma Laidlaw, 1918
Euphaea yayeyamana Matsumura & ..., 1913
Ischnura asiatica Brauer, 1865	Asian Bluetail
Ischnura senegalensis Rambur, 1842	African Bluetail
Matrona basilaris Selys, 1853	Blue-winged Demoiselle
Paracercion melanotum Selys, 1876	Eastern Lilysquatter
Pseudagrion microcephalum Rambur, 1842	Blue grass dart
Pseudagrion pilidorsum Brauer, 1868
Psolodesmus mandarinus McLachlan, 1870
Rhinocypha uenoi Asahina, 1964
Rhipidolestes aculeatus Ris, 1912
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Rhipidolestes shozoi Ishida, 2005
Teinobasis agriocnemis

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in Ryukyu Islands

Superfamily	Calopterygoidea Selys, 1850	3 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Coenagrionoidea Kirby, 1890	2 9 14	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 Bluestreaks	1 1 3	Family Genus Species	Taxom

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