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Published February 12, 2024 | Version v1
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Coenagrionidae

  • 1. Royal British Columbia Museum, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia V 8 W 9 W 2 Canada
  • 2. Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre, PO Box 6416, Sackville New Brunswick E 4 L 1 G 6 Canada
  • 3. 170 Sanford Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K 2 C 0 E 9 Canada
  • 4. Entomofaune du Québec, 637 boulevard Talbot, Saguenay, Québec G 7 H 6 A 4 Canada
  • 5. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Science and Research Branch, Natural Heritage Information Centre, 300 Water Street, Peterborough, Ontario K 9 J 3 C 7 Canada.
  • 6. Canadian Wildlife Service, 91780 Alaska Highway, Whitehorse, Yukon Y 1 A 5 B 7 Canada; Research Associate, Royal British Columbia Museum, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia V 8 W 9 W 2 Canada
  • 7. 484, chemin de la Canardière, Québec, Québec G 1 J 2 B 4 Canada

Description

Family COENAGRIONIDAE (Pond Damsels / Les agrionides). 44 species

Amphiagrion abbreviatum (Sélys) (Western Red Damsel / L’amphiagrion courtaud)

Amphiagrion saucium (Burmeister) (Eastern Red Damsel / L’amphiagrion rougeâtre)

Argia apicalis (Say) (Blue-fronted Dancer / L’argie azurée)

Argia emma Kennedy (Emma’s Dancer / L’argie d’Emma)

Argia fumipennis Burmeister violacea (Hagen, 1861) (Variable Dancer / L’argie violacée) Argia moesta (Hagen) (Powdered Dancer / L’argie poudrée)

Argia sedula (Hagen) (Blue-ringed Dancer / L’argie annelée)

Argia tibialis (Rambur) (Blue-tipped Dancer / L’argie des pénombres)

Argia translata Hagen in Sélys (Dusky Dancer / L’argie sombre)

Argia vivida Hagen in Sélys (Vivid Dancer / L’argie vive)

Chromagrion conditum (Hagen in Sélys) (Aurora Damsel / Le chromagrion)

Coenagrion angulatum Walker (Prairie Bluet / L’agrion trilobé)

Coenagrion interrogatum (Hagen in Sélys) (Subarctic Bluet / L’agrion ponctué)

Coenagrion resolutum (Hagen in Sélys) (Taiga Bluet / L’agrion résolu)

Enallagma anna Williamson (River Bluet / L’agrion d’Anna)

Enallagma annexum (Hagen) (Northern Bluet / L’agrion d’Amérique)

Enallagma antennatum (Say) (Rainbow Bluet / L’agrion arc-en-ciel)

Enallagma aspersum (Hagen) (Azure Bluet / L’agrion émaillé)

Enallagma basidens Calvert (Double-striped Bluet / L’agrion rayé)

Enallagma boreale Sélys (Boreal Bluet / L’agrion boréal)

Enallagma carunculatum Morse (Tule Bluet / L’agrion des scirpes)

Enallagma civile (Hagen) (Familiar Bluet / L’agrion civil)

Enallagma clausum Morse (Alkali Bluet / L’agrion halophile)

Enallagma durum (Hagen) (Big Bluet / L’agrion costaud)

Enallagma ebrium (Hagen) (Marsh Bluet / L’agrion enivré)

Enallagma exsulans (Hagen) (Stream Bluet / L’agrion exilé)

Enallagma geminatum Kellicott (Skimming Bluet / L’agrion minime)

Enallagma hageni (Walsh) (Hagen’s Bluet / L’agrion de Hagen)

Enallagma minusculum Morse (Little Bluet / L’agrion minuscule)

Enallagma pictum Morse (Scarlet Bluet / L’agrion écarlate)

Enallagma signatum (Hagen) (Orange Bluet / L’agrion orangé)

Enallagma traviatum Sélys (Slender Bluet / L’agrion dévoyé)

Enallagma traviatum traviatum Sélys

Enallagma traviatum westfalli Donnelly

Enallagma vernale Gloyd (Vernal Bluet / L’agrion printanier)

Enallagma vesperum Calvert (Vesper Bluet / L’agrion vespéral)

Ischnura cervula Sélys (Pacific Forktail / L’agrion des Rocheuses)

Ischnura damula Calvert (Plains Forktail / L’agrion des Heartlands)

Ischnura erratica Calvert (Swift Forktail / L’agrion vagabond)

Ischnura hastata (Say) (Citrine Forktail / L’agrion citrin)

Ischnura kellicotti Williamson (Lilypad Forktail / L’agrion poinçonneur)

Ischnura perparva McLachlan in Sélys (Western Forktail / L’agrion jumeau)

Ischnura posita (Hagen) (Fragile Forktail / L’agrion posé)

Ischnura verticalis (Say) (Eastern Forktail / L’agrion vertical)

Nehalennia gracilis Morse (Sphagnum Sprite / La déesse gracieuse)

Nehalennia irene (Hagen) (Sedge Sprite / La déesse paisible)

Notes

Published as part of Cannings, Robert A., Klymko, John, Catling, Paul M., Savard, Michel, Lemelin, Guy, Jones, Colin D., Cannings, Sydney G. & Savard, Rémi-Julien, 2024, The Dragonflies and Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Canada: species list, geographical distribution, status, and conservation ranks, pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 5410 (1) on pages 23-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5410.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10654731

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Coenagrionidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Odonata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
family

References

  • Hagen, H. A. (1861) Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America: with a list of South American species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 4, 1 - 347. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 1715