Kinds of Zygoptera

Damselflies in North American

"This list, including English names originally proposed in 1978 and nowrevised several times, is offered as both a current North Americancheck-list and a list of English names. The English names were generated byDennis R. Paulson and Sidney W. Dunkle (a few were already in use) andof the Americas. Common names for name recently added to the list arecoined by the Common Names Committee (Tim Cashatt, Jerrell Daigle, NickDonnelly, Sid Dunkle, Bob Glotzhober, Dennis Paulson, Ken Tennessen, andSteve Valley) of the DSA or by the original describer." --
Slater Museum of Natural History, 11 April, 2000

Scientific name -- Other names
Calopterygidae -- Broad-winged Damsels
   Calopteryx aequabilis Say, 1839 -- River Jewelwing
   Calopteryx amata Hagen, 1889 -- Superb Jewelwing
   Calopteryx angustipennis (Selys, 1853) -- Appalachian Jewelwing
   Calopteryx dimidiata Burmeister, 1839 -- Sparkling Jewelwing
   Calopteryx maculata (Beauvois, 1805) -- Ebony Jewelwing; Black-winged Damselfly
   Hetaerina americana (Fabricius, 1798) -- American Rubyspot
   Hetaerina titia (Drury, 1773) -- Smoky Rubyspot
   Hetaerina vulnerata Hagen in Selys, 1853 -- Canyon Rubyspot
Coenagrionidae -- Pond Damsels
   Acanthagrion quadratum Selys, 1876 -- Mexican Wedgetail
   Amphiagrion abbreviatum (Selys, 1876) -- Western Red Damsel
   Amphiagrion saucium (Burmeister, 1839) -- Eastern Red Damsel
   Apanisagrion lais (Brauer in Selys, 1876) -- Black-and-white Damsel
   Argia agrioides Calvert, 1895 -- California Dancer
   Argia alberta Kennedy, 1918 -- Paiute Dancer
   Argia apicalis (Say, 1839) -- Blue-fronted Dancer
   Argia barretti Calvert, 1902 -- Comanche Dancer
   Argia bipunctulata (Hagen, 1861) -- Seepage Dancer
   Argia cuprea (Hagen, 1861) -- Coppery Dancer
   Argia emma Kennedy, 1915 -- Emmas Dancer
   Argia extranea (Hagen, 1861) -- Spine-tipped Dancer
   Argia fumipennis_fumipennis (Burmeister, 1839) -- Variable Dancer
   Argia fumipennis_violacea -- Violet Dancer
   Argia hinei Kennedy, 1918 -- Lavender Dancer
   Argia immunda (Hagen, 1861) -- Kiowa Dancer
   Argia lacrimans (Hagen, 1861) -- Sierra Madre Dancer
   Argia leonorae Garrison, 1994 -- Leonoras Dancer
   Argia lugens (Hagen, 1861) -- Sooty Dancer
   Argia moesta (Hagen, 1861) -- Powdered Dancer
   Argia munda Calvert, 1902 -- Apache Dancer
   Argia nahuana Calvert, 1902 -- Aztec Dancer
   Argia oenea Hagen in Selys, 1865 -- Fiery-eyed Dancer
   Argia pallens Calvert, 1902 -- Amethyst Dancer
   Argia pima Garrison, 1994 -- Pima Dancer
   Argia plana Calvert, 1902 -- Springwater Dancer
   Argia rhoadsi Calvert, 1902 -- Golden-winged Dancer
   Argia sabino Garrison, 1994 -- Sabino Dancer
   Argia sedula (Hagen, 1861) -- Blue-ringed Dancer
   Argia tarascana Calvert, 1902 -- Tarascan Dancer
   Argia tezpi Calvert, 1902 -- Tezpi Dancer
   Argia tibialis (Rambur, 1842) -- Blue-tipped Dancer
   Argia tonto Calvert, 1902 -- Tonto Dancer
   Argia translata Hagen in Selys, 1865 -- Dusky Dancer
   Argia vivida Hagen in Selys, 1865 -- Vivid Dancer
   Chromagrion conditum (Selys, 1876) -- Aurora Damsel
   Chrysobasis lucifer Donnelly, 1967 -- Tail-light Damsel
   Coenagrion angulatum Walker, 1912 -- Prairie Bluet
   Coenagrion interrogatum (Selys, 1876) -- Subarctic Bluet
   Coenagrion resolutum (Selys, 1876) -- Taiga Bluet
   Enallagma anna Williamson, 1900 -- River Bluet
   Enallagma antennatum (Say, 1839) -- Rainbow Bluet
   Enallagma aspersum (Hagen, 1861) -- Azure Bluet
   Enallagma basidens Calvert, 1902 -- Double-striped Bluet
   Enallagma boreale Selys, 1875 -- Boreal Bluet
   Enallagma carunculatum Morse, 1895 -- Tule Bluet
   Enallagma civile (Hagen, 1861) -- Familiar Bluet
   Enallagma clausum Morse, 1895 -- Alkali Bluet
   Enallagma coecum (Hagen, 1861) -- Purple Bluet
   Enallagma concisum Williamson, 1922 -- Cherry Bluet
   Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840) -- Northern Bluet
   Enallagma daeckii (Calvert, 1903) -- Attenuated Bluet
   Enallagma davisi Westfall, 1943 -- Sandhill Bluet
   Enallagma divagans Selys, 1876 -- Turquoise Bluet
   Enallagma doubledayi (Selys, 1850) -- Atlantic Bluet; Doubledays Bluet
   Enallagma dubium Root, 1924 -- Burgundy Bluet
   Enallagma durum (Hagen, 1861) -- Big Bluet
   Enallagma ebrium (Hagen, 1861) -- Marsh Bluet
   Enallagma exsulans (Hagen, 1861) -- Stream Bluet
   Enallagma geminatum Kellicott, 1895 -- Skimming Bluet
   Enallagma hageni (Walsh, 1863) -- Hagens Bluet
   Enallagma laterale Morse, 1895 -- New England Bluet
   Enallagma minusculum Morse, 1895 -- Little Bluet
   Enallagma novaehispaniae Calvert, 1907 -- Neotropical Bluet
   Enallagma pallidum Root, 1923 -- Pale Bluet
   Enallagma pictum Morse, 1895 -- Scarlet Bluet
   Enallagma pollutum (Hagen, 1861) -- Florida Bluet
   Enallagma praevarum (Hagen, 1861) -- Arroyo Bluet
   Enallagma recurvatum Davis, 1913 -- Pine Barrens Bluet
   Enallagma semicirculare Selys, 1876 -- Claw-tipped Bluet
   Enallagma signatum (Hagen, 1861) -- Orange Bluet
   Enallagma sulcatum Williamson, 1922 -- Golden Bluet
   Enallagma traviatum Selys, 1876 -- Slender Bluet
   Enallagma vesperum Calvert, 1919 -- Vesper Bluet
   Enallagma weewa Byers, 1927 -- Blackwater Bluet
   Hesperagrion heterodoxum (Selys, 1868) -- Painted Damsel
   Ischnura barberi Currie, 1903 -- Desert Forktail
   Ischnura cervula Selys, 1876 -- Pacific Forktail
   Ischnura damula Calvert, 1902 -- Plains Forktail
   Ischnura demorsa (Hagen, 1861) -- Mexican Forktail
   Ischnura denticollis (Burmeister, 1839) -- Black-fronted Forktail
   Ischnura erratica Calvert, 1895 -- Swift Forktail
   Ischnura gemina (Kennedy, 1917) -- San Francisco Forktail
   Ischnura hastata (Say, 1839) -- Citrine Forktail
   Ischnura kellicotti Williamson, 1898 -- Lilypad Forktail
   Ischnura perparva Selys, 1876 -- Western Forktail
   Ischnura posita (Hagen, 1861) -- Fragile Forktail
   Ischnura prognata (Hagen, 1861) -- Furtive Forktail
   Ischnura ramburii (Selys, 1850) -- Ramburs Forktail
   Ischnura verticalis (Say, 1839) -- Eastern Forktail
   Nehalennia gracilis Morse, 1895 -- Sphagnum Sprite
   Nehalennia integricollis Calvert, 1913 -- Southern Sprite
   Nehalennia irene (Hagen, 1861) -- Sedge Sprite
   Nehalennia minuta (Selys, 1857) -- Tropical Sprite
   Nehalennia pallidula Calvert, 1913 -- Everglades Sprite
   Neoerythromma cultellatum (Selys, 1876) -- Caribbean Yellowface
   Telebasis byersi Westfall, 1957 -- Duckweed Firetail
   Telebasis salva (Hagen, 1861) -- Desert Firetail
   Zoniagrion exclamationis (Selys, 1876) -- Exclamation Damsel
Lestidae -- Spreadwings
   Archilestes californica McLachlan, 1895 -- California Spreadwing
   Archilestes grandis (Rambur, 1842) -- Great Spreadwing
   Lestes alacer Hagen, 1861 -- Plateau Spreadwing
   Lestes congener Hagen, 1861 -- Spotted Spreadwing
   Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862 -- Common Spreadwing
   Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890 -- Emerald Spreadwing
   Lestes eurinus Say, 1839 -- Amber-winged Spreadwing
   Lestes forcipatus Rambur, 1842 -- Sweetflag Spreadwing
   Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842 -- Rainpool Spreadwing
   Lestes inaequalis Walsh, 1862 -- Elegant Spreadwing
   Lestes rectangularis Say, 1839 -- Slender Spreadwing
   Lestes sigma Calvert, 1901 -- Chalky Spreadwing
   Lestes spumarius Hagen in Selys, 1862 -- Antillean Spreadwing
   Lestes stultus Hagen, 1861 -- Black Spreadwing
   Lestes tenuatus Rambur, 1842 -- Blue-striped Spreadwing
   Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861 -- Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
   Lestes vidua Hagen, 1861 -- Carolina Spreadwing
   Lestes vigilax Hagen in Selys, 1862 -- Swamp Spreadwing
Platystictidae -- Shadowdamsels
   Palaemnema domina Calvert, 1903 -- Desert Shadowdamsel
Protoneuridae -- Threadtails
   Neoneura aaroni Calvert, 1903 -- Coral-fronted Threadtail
   Neoneura amelia Calvert, 1903 -- Amelias Threadtail
   Protoneura cara Calvert, 1903 -- Orange-striped Threadtail

Updated: 2008-09-09 19:16:56

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