ENY 3005 Family Identification
Odonata: Coenagrionidae
Pronunciation: seen-ag-gree-ON-ni-dee
Common name: narrow-winged damselflies
Damselfly families are distinguished from one another by characters
of wing shape and venation. The Coenagrionidae are the most common of three
families having their wings stalked at the base and only two
antenodal crossveins. Coenagrionidae are distinguished from Lestidae
by having the M3 vein arise just behind the nodus rather
than closer to the base of the wing. The two species of Protoneuridae,
found only in southern Texas, lack the well-developed Cu2
vein found in coenagrionids.
References:
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Pages 49-130 in S. W. Dunkle. 1990. Damselflies of the Florida peninsula,
Bermuda and the Bahamas. Gainesville, FL: Scientific Publishers. 148 p.
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Pages 74-75 in D. J. Borror and R. E. White. 1970. A Field Guide to Insects.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
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Page 80 in R. G. Bland and H. E. Jaques. 1978. How to Know the Insects,
3rd ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Co. 409 p.
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Page 199 in D. J. Borror, C. A. Triplehorn, and N. F. Johnson. 1989. An
Introduction to the Study of Insects, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders College
Publishing. 875 p.
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Page 360 in H. V. Daly, J. T. Doyen, and A. H. Purcell III. 1998. Introduction
to Insect Biology and Diversity, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 680 p.
Links to other web sites
Families of Odonata: Petaluridae, Gomphidae,
Aeshnidae, Cordulegastridae, Macromiidae, Corduliidae,
Libellulidae, Calopterygidae,
Lestidae, Protoneuridae, and Coenagrionidae.
Return to ENY 3005 Index to Orders
Prepared by John L. Foltz,
University of Florida, Dept of Entomology & Nematology, 6 October 1998.
Modified 12 June 2001.
Digital images from Damselflies
of Texas, with text added by J. L. Foltz.