Coenagrionidae
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Odonata
Odonata is an order of insects, encompassing dragonflies and damselflies . The word dragonfly is also sometimes used to refer to all Odonata, but the back-formation odonate is a more correct English name for the group as a whole...
and the suborder Zygoptera. The Zygoptera are the damselflies, which although less known than the dragonflies, are no less common. There are more than 1100 species in this family, making it the largest damselfly family. Coenagrionidae has six subfamilies and they are Agriocnemidinae
Agriocnemidinae
Agriocnemidinae is a subfamily is of damselflies. They belong to Coenagrionidae. It is small subfamily of Coenagrionidae. Damselflies in this subfamily are very small in size. There are five genera and 63 species in the subfamily....
, Argiinae
Argiinae
Argiinae is a subfamily of damselflies. It belongs to the family Coenagrionidae, the pond damselflies....
, Coenagrioninae, Ischnurinae, Leptobasinae, and Pseudagrioninae.
This family is referred to as the Narrow-winged damselflies or the pond damselflies. The Coenagrionidae enjoy a worldwide distribution, and are among the most common of damselfly families. This family has the smallest of damselfly species.
More than 90 genera of the family Coenagrionidae are currently accepted.
Etymology
The name may be derived from Greek coen meaning shared or common and agrio meaning fields or wild.Characteristics
- Usually with black pattern.
- Their ground color may be green, blue, yellow, orange, or purple.
- Their wings are narrow, usually colorless and clear.
- Wings stalked.
- Two antenodal cross veins.
- Vein M3 arising nearer to nodus than arculus.