Ischnura
Ischnura | |
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Ischnura heterosticta | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Family: | Coenagrionidae |
Genus: | Ischnura Charpentier, 1840 |
Ischnura is a genus of damselflies known as forktails in the family Coenagrionidae. Forktails are distributed worldwide, including various oceanic islands. The males have a forked projection at the tip of the abdomen which gives the group their common name.[1]
Characteristics
Forktails are small or very small damselflies. The compound eyes of mature individuals have a dark upper region and contrasting lower part. The thorax is often green and may have lateral stripes and the abdomen in males is black with a blue tip. Females of some species are polymorphic, some being orangish and darkening with age, while others resemble the male.[1]
Species
The genus includes the following species:[2][3]
- Ischnura abyssinica Martin, 1908
- Ischnura acuticauda Lieftinck, 1959
- Ischnura albistigma Fraser, 1927
- Ischnura aralensis Haritonov, 1979
- Ischnura ariel Lieftinck, 1949
- Ischnura asiatica (Brauer, 1865) – Redtail[4]
- Ischnura aurora Brauer, 1865 – Aurora Bluetail[4]
- Ischnura barberi Currie, 1903 – Desert Forktail[5]
- Ischnura buxtoni Fraser, 1927
- Ischnura capreolus (Hagen, 1861)
- Ischnura cardinalis Kimmins, 1929
- Ischnura cervula Selys, 1876 – Pacific Forktail[5]
- Ischnura chromostigma Fraser, 1927
- Ischnura cruzi De Marmels, 1987
- Ischnura cyane Realpe, 2010
- Ischnura damula Calvert, 1902 – Plains Forktail[6]
- Ischnura demorsa (Hagen, 1861) – Mexican Forktail[6]
- Ischnura denticollis (Burmeister, 1839) – Black-fronted Forktail[5][7]
- Ischnura dorothea Fraser, 1924
- Ischnura elegans (vanderLinden, 1823) – Blue-tailed Damselfly[8]
- Ischnura erratica Calvert, 1895 – Swift Forktail[5]
- Ischnura evansi Morton, 1919 – Blue-banded Damsel
- Ischnura filosa Schmidt, 1951
- Ischnura fluviatilis Selys, 1876
- Ischnura forcipata Morton, 1907
- Ischnura fountaineae Morton, 1905 – Oasis Bluetail[9]
- Ischnura gemina (Kennedy, 1917) – San Francisco Forktail[5]
- Ischnura genei (Rambur, 1842) – Island Bluetail[9]
- Ischnura graellsii (Rambur, 1842) – Iberian Bluetail[9]
- Ischnura haemastigma Fraser, 1927
- Ischnura hastata (Say, 1839) – Citrine Forktail[5]
- Ischnura heterosticta (Burmeister, 1839) – Common Bluetail[4]
- Ischnura inarmata Calvert, 1898
- Ischnura indivisa (Ris, 1918)
- Ischnura intermedia Dumont 1974
- Ischnura isoetes Lieftinck, 1949
- Ischnura karafutonis Matsumura, 1931
- Ischnura kellicotti Williamson, 1898 – Lilypad Forktail[10]
- Ischnura luta Polhemus, Asquith & Miller, 2000
- Ischnura ordosi Bartenev, 1912
- Ischnura pamelae Vick & Davies, 1988
- Ischnura perparva Selys, 1876 – Western Forktail[5][10]
- Ischnura posita (Hagen, 1861) – Fragile Forktail[7][10][10]
- Ischnura prognata (Hagen, 1861) – Furtive Forktail[10]
- Ischnura pruinescens (Tillyard, 1906) – Colourful Bluetail[4]
- Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825) – Small Bluetail or Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly[8]
- Ischnura ramburii (Selys, 1850) – Rambur's Forktail[5]
- Ischnura rhodosoma Lieftinck, 1959
- Ischnura rubella Navás, 1934
- Ischnura rufostigma Selys, 1876
- Ischnura rufovittata (Blanchard, 1843)
- Ischnura saharensis Aguesse, 1958 – Sahara Bluetail[11]
- Ischnura sanguinostigma Fraser, 1953
- Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842) – Marsh Bluetail[12]
- Ischnura spinicauda Brauer, 1865
- Ischnura stueberi Lieftinck, 1932
- Ischnura taitensis Selys, 1876
- Ischnura thelmae Lieftinck, 1966
- Ischnura ultima Ris, 1908
- Ischnura verticalis (Say, 1839) – Eastern Forktail[7][10]
- Ischnura vinsoni Fraser, 1949
References
- 1 2 Paulson, Dennis (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. p. 107. ISBN 1-4008-3294-2.
- ↑ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 3 Oct 2013.
- ↑ "Odonata species list". Swedish Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "California Damselflies". Dragonflies (Odonata) of the Southwest.
- 1 2 "Species List: Damselflies". azdragonfly.net.
- 1 2 3 Abbott, John (2008). Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of Texas, Vol 3. Odonata Survey of Texas. ISBN 978-0-615-19494-3.
- 1 2 "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- 1 2 3 "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ↑ Samraoui, B. & Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2009). "Ischnura saharensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ↑ "Ischnura senegalensis". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
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