Biology:Ischnura

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Short description: Genus of damselflies

Ischnura
Ischnura heterosticta02.jpg
Ischnura heterosticta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Ischnura
Charpentier, 1840[1]

Ischnura is a genus of damselflies known as forktails (or sometimes bluetails) in the family Coenagrionidae.[2] 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.[3]

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.[3]

Species

The genus Ischnura includes the following species:[4][5]


References

  1. ↑ Charpentier, T. (1840) (in la). Libellulinae Europaeae Descriptae et Depictae. Leipzig: Leopold Voss. pp. 180 [20]. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433011575317?urlappend=%3Bseq=28. 
  2. ↑ "Genus Ischnura Charpentier, 1840". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Ischnura. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Paulson, Dennis (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-4008-3294-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=wnX1nJSmFfAC&pg=PA107. 
  4. ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 
  5. ↑ "Odonata species list". Swedish Museum of Natural History. http://www2.nrm.se/en/odonata.html. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 "California Damselflies". Dragonflies (Odonata) of the Southwest. http://southwestdragonflies.net/damsels/2_Zygoptera.html. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Species List: Damselflies". azdragonfly.net. http://www.azdragonfly.net/list/damselflies. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Abbott, John (2008). Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of Texas, Vol 3. Odonata Survey of Texas. ISBN 978-0-615-19494-3. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. http://www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/content/uk-species. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/north-american-odonata/. 
  13. ↑ Samraoui, B.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2010). "Ischnura saharensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T165477A6031236. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T165477A6031236.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/165477/6031236. Retrieved 24 December 2017. 
  14. ↑ Sharma, G.; Clausnitzer, V. (2016). "Ischnura senegalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T59897A75436136. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59897A75436136.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59897/75436136. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  15. ↑ Toussaint, E. F. A.; Bybee, S. M.; Erickson, R. J.; Condamine, F. L. (8 February 2019). "Forest giants on different evolutionary branches: Ecomorphological convergence in helicopter damselflies". Evolution 73 (5): 1045–1054. doi:10.1111/evo.13695. PMID 30734925. 

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