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Ischnura
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Ischnura heterosticta
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Ischnura
Charpentier, 1840

Ischnura is a genus of damselflies known as forktails in the family Coenagrionidae. 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.

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.

Species

The genus Ischnura includes the following species:

  • Ischnura abyssinica Martin, 1908
  • Ischnura acuticauda Lieftinck, 1959
  • Ischnura albistigma Fraser, 1927
  • Ischnura aralensis Haritonov, 1979
  • Ischnura ariel Lieftinck, 1949
  • Ischnura asiatica (Brauer, 1865) – Redtail
  • Ischnura aurora Brauer, 1865 – Aurora Bluetail
  • Ischnura barberi Currie, 1903 – Desert Forktail
  • Ischnura buxtoni Fraser, 1927
  • Ischnura capreolus (Hagen, 1861)
  • Ischnura cardinalis Kimmins, 1929
  • Ischnura cervula Selys, 1876 – Pacific Forktail
  • Ischnura chingaza Realpe, 2010
  • Ischnura chromostigma Fraser, 1927
  • Ischnura cruzi De Marmels, 1987
  • Ischnura cyane Realpe, 2010
  • Ischnura damula Calvert, 1902 – Plains Forktail
  • Ischnura demorsa (Hagen, 1861) – Mexican Forktail
  • Ischnura denticollis (Burmeister, 1839) – Black-fronted Forktail
  • Ischnura dorothea Fraser, 1924
  • Ischnura elegans (vanderLinden, 1823) – Blue-tailed Damselfly
  • Ischnura erratica Calvert, 1895 – Swift Forktail
  • Ischnura evansi Morton, 1919 – Blue-banded Damsel
  • Ischnura filosa Schmidt, 1951
  • Ischnura fluviatilis Selys, 1876
  • Ischnura forcipata Morton, 1907
  • Ischnura fountaineae Morton, 1905 – Oasis Bluetail
  • Ischnura gemina (Kennedy, 1917) – San Francisco Forktail
  • Ischnura genei (Rambur, 1842) – Island Bluetail
  • Ischnura graellsii (Rambur, 1842) – Iberian Bluetail
  • Ischnura haemastigma Fraser, 1927
  • Ischnura hastata (Say, 1839) – Citrine Forktail
  • Ischnura heterosticta (Burmeister, 1839) – Common Bluetail
  • Ischnura inarmata Calvert, 1898
  • Ischnura indivisa (Ris, 1918)
  • Ischnura intermedia Dumont 1974
  • Ischnura isoetes Lieftinck, 1949
  • Ischnura karafutonis Matsumura, 1931
  • Ischnura kellicotti Williamson, 1898 – Lilypad Forktail
  • Ischnura luta Polhemus, Asquith & Miller, 2000
  • Ischnura ordosi Bartenev, 1912
  • Ischnura pamelae Vick & Davies, 1988
  • Ischnura perparva Selys, 1876 – Western Forktail
  • Ischnura posita (Hagen, 1861) – Fragile Forktail
  • Ischnura prognata (Hagen, 1861) – Furtive Forktail
  • Ischnura pruinescens (Tillyard, 1906) – Colourful Bluetail
  • Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825) – Small Bluetail or Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly
  • Ischnura ramburii (Selys, 1850) – Rambur's Forktail
  • Ischnura rhodosoma Lieftinck, 1959
  • Ischnura rubella Navás, 1934
  • Ischnura rufostigma Selys, 1876
  • Ischnura rufovittata (Blanchard, 1843)
  • Ischnura saharensis Aguesse, 1958 – Sahara Bluetail
  • Ischnura sanguinostigma Fraser, 1953
  • Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842) – Marsh Bluetail
  • Ischnura spinicauda Brauer, 1865
  • Ischnura stueberi Lieftinck, 1932
  • Ischnura taitensis Selys, 1876
  • Ischnura thelmae Lieftinck, 1966
  • Ischnura ultima Ris, 1908
  • Ischnura velteni Bechly, 2000
  • Ischnura verticalis (Say, 1839) – Eastern Forktail
  • Ischnura vinsoni Fraser, 1949

See also

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