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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Calopterygidae |
| Tribe: | Calopterygini |
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Calopteryx Leach, 1815 |
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Calopteryx is a genus of large damselflies belonging to the family Calopterygidae. The colourful males often have coloured wings whereas the more muted females usually have clear wings although some develop male ( androchrome) wing characteristics. In both sexes, there is no pterostigma. [1]
Nomenclature
It was only in 1890, many years after Leach named the genus Calopyteryx, that it was widely recognized that Leach's name was a junior synonym of the Fabrician genus Agrion, established 40 years prior. The controversy surrounding which genus name has nomenclatural priority has never been formally resolved; the ICZN mandates that Fabricius' name has priority, but the majority of the world's odonate researchers maintain the use of Calopteryx. [2]
Species
The genus contains the following species: [3] [4]
- Calopteryx aequabilis Say, 1839 – River Jewelwing [5]
- Calopteryx amata Hagen, 1889 – Superb Jewelwing [5]
- Calopteryx angustipennis (Hagen in Selys, 1853) – Appalachian Jewelwing [5]
- Calopteryx balcanica Fudakowsky, 1930
- Calopteryx coomani (Fraser, 1935)
- Calopteryx cornelia Selys, 1853
- Calopteryx dimidiata (Burmeister, 1839) – Sparkling Jewelwing [5]
- Calopteryx exul Selys, 1853 – Glittering Demoiselle [6]
- Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis (van der Linden, 1825) – Copper Demoiselle [7]
- Calopteryx hyalina Martin, 1909 – Clear-winged Demoiselle [6]
- Calopteryx intermedia Selys, 1887
- Calopteryx japonica Selys, 1869
- Calopteryx laosica Fraser, 1933
- Calopteryx maculata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) – Ebony Jewelwing [5]
- Calopteryx melli Ris, 1912
- Calopteryx mingrelica Selys, 1869
- Calopteryx oberthuri McLachlan, 1894
- Calopteryx orientalis Selys, 1887
- Calopteryx samarcandica Bartenev, 1912
- Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780) – Banded Demoiselle, [8] Banded Agrion, [9] Banded Jewelwing [10] (inc. Calopteryx splendens taurica Selys, 1853)
- Calopteryx syriaca (Rambur, 1842) – Syrian Demoiselle [6]
- Calopteryx transcaspica Bartenev, 1912
- Calopteryx virgo ( Linnaeus, 1758) – Beautiful Demoiselle, [8] Beautiful Jewelwing [10]
- Calopteryx waterstoni Schneider, 1984
- Calopteryx xanthostoma (Charpentier, 1825) – Western Demoiselle [7]
References
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- ^ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B. (2006). Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe. p. 65. ISBN 0-9531399-4-8.
- ^ Hämäläinen, M. (2021). "When 'a few trifling alterations' became ultra-radical changes in the nomenclature of Odonata – W.F. Kirby's (1890) catalogue of the World Odonata seen through the eyes of Edmond de Selys Longchamps" (PDF). pages 6-13 in Agrion vol. 25, WORLDWIDE DRAGONFLY ASSOCIATION. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ Lam, Ed. Damselflies of the Northeast. Forest Hills, NY:Biodiversity Press, 2004.
- ^ a b c d e "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ a b c The Status and Distribution of Dragonflies of the Mediterranean Basin. IUCN. 2009. ISBN 978-2-8317-1161-4.
- ^ a b "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ Manning, Stanley Arthur (1974). The naturalist in south-east England: Kent, Surrey and Sussex. David & Charles. p. 164. ISBN 9780715361092.
- ^ a b Brian Nelson; Robert Thompson (2004). The Natural History of Ireland's Dragonflies. Ulster Museum. ISBN 978-0-900761-45-4.