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Coenagrionidae

181 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Odonata › Coenagrionidae

Pseudagrion aureofrons Tillyard, 1906

Pseudagrion aureofrons, the gold-fronted riverdamsel, is a fairly common Australian damselfly recognized by its golden-yellow face and thorax.

Pseudagrion cingillum (Brauer, 1869)

Pseudagrion cingillum, the northern riverdamsel, is a medium-sized blue-and-black damselfly found in northern Australia and New Guinea.

Pseudagrion jedda Theischinger & Watson, 1991

Pseudagrion jedda, the dusky riverdamsel, is a large dark dull damselfly of Coenagrionidae found in northern Australian streams and lagoons.

Pseudagrion coeleste Longfield, 1947

Pseudagrion coeleste (catshead sprite) is a Coenagrionidae damselfly found in southern Africa that favors freshwater marshes and vegetated pools.

Teinobasis rufithorax (Selys, 1877)

Teinobasis rufithorax, the red-breasted longtail, is a medium-sized orange-bodied damselfly found across parts of Australia and Oceania.

Telebasis byersi Westfall, 1957

The duckweed firetail (Telebasis byersi) is a small red damselfly native to parts of the United States.

Telebasis digiticollis Calvert, 1902

Marsh firetail Telebasis digiticollis is a stable Central American narrow-winged damselfly assessed as least concern by the IUCN.

Telebasis salva (Hagen, 1861)

Desert firetail (Telebasis salva) is a stable least-concern narrow-winged damselfly found across the Americas.

Xanthocnemis zealandica (McLachlan, 1873)

Xanthocnemis zealandica is a common endemic red damselfly of New Zealand, found in fresh waters across the country’s main islands.

Megaloprepus caerulatus (Drury, 1782)

Megaloprepus caerulatus, the blue-winged helicopter, is the world's largest living damselfly/dragonfly found in Central and South American wet forests.

Xanthagrion erythroneurum Selys, 1876

Xanthagrion erythroneurum, the red and blue damsel, is a brightly coloured damselfly found across Australia and Pacific islands near slow water.

Austrocnemis splendida (Martin, 1901)

Austrocnemis splendida, the splendid longlegs, is a tiny damselfly found in streams and slow water of eastern Australia.

Austrocnemis maccullochi (Tillyard, 1926)

Austrocnemis maccullochi, the tiny longlegs, is a small bronze-black damselfly found across northern Australian coasts and New Guinea in still waters.

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Libellulidae 293 species Gomphidae 107 species Aeshnidae 91 species Corduliidae 59 species Lestidae 49 species Calopterygidae 28 species Platycnemididae 19 species Synthemistidae 13 species

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