Coenagrion

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Zygoptera
Superfamilia: Coenagrionoidea

Familia: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Coenagrion
Species: C. aculeatum – C. adelais – C. amurense – C. angulatum – C. antiquum – C. armatum – C. australocaspicum – C. bartenevi – C. bifurcatum – C. brevicauda – C. caerulescens – C. castellani – C. chusanicum – C. dorothaea – C. ecornutum – C. elegantulum – C. exornatum – C. glaciale – C. hastulatum – C. holdereri – C. hylas – C. intermedium – C. interrogatum – C. johanssoni – C. kashmirum – C. lanceolatum – C. lehmanni – C. lunulatum – C. melanoproctum – C. mercuriale – C. ornatum – C. persicum – C. ponticum – C. puella – C. pulchellum – C. pygmaea – C. resolutum – C. scitulum – C. simillimum – C. sophia – C. striatum – C. syriacum – C. tengchongensis – C. terue – C. tugur – C. vanbrinkae
Name

Coenagrion Kirby, 1890
References

Yu, X.; Bu, W. 2011: Chinese damselflies of the genus Coenagrion (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Zootaxa, 2808: 31–40. Preview [erratum in Zootaxa, 3152: 68. PDF]
Dijkstra, K.-D.B., Kalkman, V.J., Dow, R.A., Stokvis, F.R. & Tol, J. van 2014. Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata). Systematic entomology 39(1): 68–96. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12035 Reference page.
Schneider, T., Ikemeyer, D., Ferreira, S. & Müller, O. 2016. Rediscovery and redescription of Coenagrion persicum (Lohmann 1993) with description of the female, and some notes on habitat selection (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Zootaxa 4103(6): 561–573. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.6.6. Reference page.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Azurjungfern
English: Eurasian Bluets
Nederlands: Waterjuffers

Coenagrion is a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae,[2] commonly called the Eurasian Bluets (although three species are found in North America: Coenagrion angulatum, Coenagrion interrogatum, and Coenagrion resolutum[3]). Species of Coenagrion are generally medium-sized, brightly coloured damselflies.[4]
Species

The genus Coenagrion includes the following species:[5][6][7]

Coenagrion aculeatum Yu & Bu, 2007
Coenagrion armatum (Charpentier, 1840) – Norfolk Damselfly[4] or Dark Bluet[8]
Coenagrion angulatum Walker, 1912 – Prairie Bluet[9]
Coenagrion australocaspicum Dumont & Heidari, 1996
Coenagrion caerulescens (Fonscolombe, 1838) – Mediterranean Bluet[8]
Coenagrion chusanicum Navás, 1933
Coenagrion dorothaea Fourcroy, 1785
Coenagrion ecornutum (Selys, 1872)
Coenagrion exclamationis (Fraser, 1919)
Coenagrion glaciale (Selys, 1872)
Coenagrion hastulatum Charpentier, 1825 – Northern Damselfly,[4] Spearhead Bluet[8]
Coenagrion holdereri (Förster, 1900)
Coenagrion hylas (Trybom, 1889) – Siberian Bluet[8]
Coenagrion intermedium Lohmann, 1990 – Cretan Bluet[8]
Coenagrion interrogatum (Hagen in Selys, 1876) – Subarctic Bluet[9]
Coenagrion johanssoni (Wallengren, 1894) – Arctic Bluet[8]
Coenagrion lanceolatum (Selys, 1872)
Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840) – Irish Damselfly,[4] Crescent Bluet[8]
Coenagrion lyelli (Tillyard, 1913) – Swamp Bluet[10]
Coenagrion melanoproctum (Selys, 1876)
Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840) – Southern Damselfly,[4] Mercury Bluet[8]
Coenagrion ornatum (Selys, 1850) – Ornate Bluet[8]
Coenagrion persicum Lohmann, 1993
Coenagrion ponticum (Bartenef, 1929)
Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758) – Azure Damselfly[4]
Coenagrion pulchellum (Van der Linden, 1823) – Variable Damselfly[4]
Coenagrion resolutum (Hagen in Selys, 1876) – Taiga Bluet[9]
Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842) – Dainty Damselfly,[4] Dainty Bluet[11]
Coenagrion syriacum (Morton, 1924) – Syrian Bluet[12]
Coenagrion terue (Asahina, 1949)

References

Kirby, W.F. (1890). A Synonymic Catalogue of Neuroptera Odonata, or Dragonflies. With an Appendix of fossil species. London: Gurney & Jackson. pp. 202 [148]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.5534.
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Hawking, J. (2009). "Coenagrion lyelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163530A5612194. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163530A5612194.en.
"Dainty Bluet". dragonflypix.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
Schneider, W. & Kalkman, V. (2010). "Coenagrion syriacum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T60272A12338268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60272A12338268.en.