Ischnura
Genus of damselflies
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Ischnura is a genus of damselflies known as forktails or bluetails in the family Coenagrionidae.[2] The genus is distributed worldwide, including various oceanic islands. The males have a forked projection and blue segments at the tip of the abdomen which give the group their common names.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Ischnura Charpentier, 1840[1] |
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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.[3]
Etymology
Species
The genus Ischnura includes the following species:[5][6]
- 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[7]
- Ischnura aurora Brauer, 1865 – Aurora bluetail[7]
- Ischnura barberi Currie, 1903 – Desert forktail[8]
- Ischnura buxtoni Fraser, 1927
- Ischnura capreolus (Hagen, 1861)
- Ischnura cardinalis Kimmins, 1929
- Ischnura cervula Selys, 1876 – Pacific forktail[8]
- Ischnura chingaza Realpe, 2010
- Ischnura chromostigma Fraser, 1927
- Ischnura cruzi De Marmels, 1987
- Ischnura cyane Realpe, 2010
- Ischnura damula Calvert, 1902 – Plains forktail[9]
- Ischnura demorsa (Hagen, 1861) – Mexican forktail[9]
- Ischnura denticollis (Burmeister, 1839) – Black-fronted forktail[8][10]
- Ischnura dorothea Fraser, 1924
- Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1823) – Blue-tailed damselfly[11]
- Ischnura erratica Calvert, 1895 – Swift forktail[8]
- Ischnura evansi Morton, 1919 – Desert Bluetail[12]
- Ischnura ezoin (Asahina, 1952)
- Ischnura filosa Schmidt, 1951
- Ischnura fluviatilis Selys, 1876
- Ischnura forcipata Morton, 1907
- Ischnura fountaineae Morton, 1905 – Oasis bluetail[13]
- Ischnura gemina (Kennedy, 1917) – San Francisco forktail[8]
- Ischnura genei (Rambur, 1842) – Island bluetail[13]
- Ischnura graellsii (Rambur, 1842) – Iberian bluetail[13]
- Ischnura haemastigma Fraser, 1927
- Ischnura hastata (Say, 1839) – Citrine forktail[8]
- Ischnura heterosticta (Burmeister, 1839) – Common bluetail[7]
- Ischnura inarmata Calvert, 1898
- Ischnura indivisa (Ris, 1918)
- Ischnura intermedia Dumont 1974
- Ischnura isoetes Lieftinck, 1949
- Ischnura karafutonis Matsumura, 1931[citation needed]
- Ischnura kellicotti Williamson, 1898 – Lilypad forktail[14]
- Ischnura luta Polhemus, Asquith & Miller, 2000
- Ischnura ordosi Bartenev, 1912
- Ischnura pamelae Vick & Davies, 1988
- Ischnura perparva Selys, 1876 – Western forktail[8][14]
- Ischnura posita (Hagen, 1861) – Fragile forktail[10][14]
- Ischnura prognata (Hagen, 1861) – Furtive forktail[14]
- Ischnura pruinescens (Tillyard, 1906) – Colourful bluetail[7]
- Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825) – Small bluetail or scarce blue-tailed damselfly[11]
- Ischnura ramburii (Selys, 1850) – Rambur's forktail[8]
- Ischnura rhodosoma Lieftinck, 1959
- Ischnura rubella Navás, 1934
- Ischnura rubilio Selys, 1876
- Ischnura rufostigma Selys, 1876
- Ischnura rufovittata (Blanchard, 1843)
- Ischnura saharensis Aguesse, 1958 – Sahara bluetail[15]
- Ischnura sanguinostigma Fraser, 1953
- Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842) – Marsh bluetail[16]
- Ischnura spinicauda Brauer, 1865
- Ischnura stueberi Lieftinck, 1932
- Ischnura taitensis Selys, 1876
- Ischnura thelmae Lieftinck, 1966
- Ischnura ultima Ris, 1908
- †Ischnura velteni Bechly, 2000 [17]
- Ischnura verticalis (Say, 1839) – Eastern forktail[10][14]
- Ischnura vinsoni Fraser, 1949
