Jump to content

Rambur's forktail: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Added conservation status to speciesbox
Added synonym to taxobox
Line 17: Line 17:
| species = '''''I. ramburii'''''
| species = '''''I. ramburii'''''
| binomial = ''Ischnura ramburii''
| binomial = ''Ischnura ramburii''
| binomial_authority = ([[Edmond de Sélys Longchamps|Selys]], 1850)&nbsp;<ref>{{ITIS |id=102084 |taxon=''Ischnura ramburii''}}</ref>
| binomial_authority = ([[Edmond de Sélys Longchamps|Selys]], 1850)
|synonyms=*''Ischnura credula'' <small>(Hagen, 1861)</small>
|synonyms_ref=<ref>{{ITIS|id=102084|access-date=22 July 2023|taxon=''Ischnura ramburii''}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''Rambur's forktail''' ('''''Ischnura ramburii''''') is a member of the [[damselfly]] family [[Coenagrionidae]]. Males are green with blue on abdominal segments 8 and 9. Females are orange-red, olive green, or similar to males in coloration.<ref name="abbott">{{Cite book |title=Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States
'''Rambur's forktail''' ('''''Ischnura ramburii''''') is a member of the [[damselfly]] family [[Coenagrionidae]]. Males are green with blue on abdominal segments 8 and 9. Females are orange-red, olive green, or similar to males in coloration.<ref name="abbott">{{Cite book |title=Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States |last=Abbott |first=J. C. |year=2005 |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |isbn=0-691-11364-5 |page=140}}</ref> This is the most widespread New World ''Ischnura'', occurring throughout the Americas from the United States to Chile, as well as [[Hawaii]] and the [[Antilles]].<ref name=bug>{{cite web|url=http://bugguide.net/node/view/607|author1=Thomas, A.W.|author2=Balaban, J.|author3=Balaban, J.|title=''Ischnura ramburii''|website=BugGuide.net|date=3 November 2011|orig-date=Originally published online 16 February 2004|access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>
|last=Abbott |first=J. C. |year=2005 |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |isbn=0-691-11364-5 |page=140}}</ref> This is the most widespread New World ''Ischnura'', occurring throughout the Americas from the United States to Chile, as well as [[Hawaii]] and the [[Antilles]].<ref name=bug>[http://bugguide.net/node/view/607 ''Ischnura ramburii''.] BugGuide.net</ref>


==Habitat==
==Habitat==
Ponds, lakes, marshes, and slow streams with vegetation and sunlight are its main habitat.<ref name="abbott"/>
Ponds, lakes, marshes, and slow streams with vegetation and sunlight are its main habitat.<ref name="abbott"/>
Damselfly nymphs never live in salt water, but ''I. ramburii'' nymphs have been observed in brackish and even sulphurous waters.<ref name="calvert">{{Cite journal
Damselfly nymphs never live in salt water, but ''I. ramburii'' nymphs have been observed in brackish and even sulphurous waters.<ref name="calvert">{{Cite journal
| title = Catalogue of the Odonata (Dragonflies) of the Vicinity of Philadelphia
| title = Part II: Catalogue of the Odonata (Dragonflies) of the Vicinity of Philadelphia
| last = Calvert | first = P. P
| last = Calvert | first = P. P
| authorlink = Philip Powell Calvert
| authorlink = Philip Powell Calvert
| publisher = American Entomological Society
| publisher = American Entomological Society
|journal=Transactions of the American Entomological Society
|volume=20
| date = October 1893
| date = October 1893
| page = 204
| page = 204
Line 51: Line 54:


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[[Edmond de Sélys Longchamps]] named this damselfly in honor of [[Jules Pierre Rambur]],<ref>{{Cite journal
[[Edmond de Sélys Longchamps]] named this damselfly in honor of [[Jules Pierre Rambur]],<ref>{{Cite web
| title = A Checklist of North American Odonata
| title = A Checklist of North American Odonata
| last1 = Paulson | first1 = D. R. | last2 = Dunkle | first2=S. W.
| last1 = Paulson | first1 = D. R. | last2 = Dunkle | first2=S. W.
|date=14 April 2009
|date=14 April 2009
| page=21
| page=21
|url=https://odonata.bogfoot.net/docs/NA_Odonata_Checklist_2009_updated.pdf|access-date=22 July 2023|publisher=Jim Johnson|via=odonata.bugfoot.net}}</ref>
}}</ref>
an entomologist 12 years his senior. Rambur's collection of insects was one of several that was incorporated into that of Sélys.
an entomologist 12 years his senior. Rambur's collection of insects was one of several that was incorporated into that of Sélys.


Revision as of 00:27, 23 July 2023

Rambur's forktail
Male
Female, orange-form
Both on Grand Cayman
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Suborder:
Zygoptera
Family:
Coenagrionidae
Genus:
Ischnura
Species:
I. ramburii
Binomial name
Ischnura ramburii
(Selys, 1850)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ischnura credula (Hagen, 1861)

Rambur's forktail (Ischnura ramburii) is a member of the damselfly family Coenagrionidae. Males are green with blue on abdominal segments 8 and 9. Females are orange-red, olive green, or similar to males in coloration.[3] This is the most widespread New World Ischnura, occurring throughout the Americas from the United States to Chile, as well as Hawaii and the Antilles.[4]

Habitat

Ponds, lakes, marshes, and slow streams with vegetation and sunlight are its main habitat.[3] Damselfly nymphs never live in salt water, but I. ramburii nymphs have been observed in brackish and even sulphurous waters.[5]

Mating

mating
female blue form

John Edward Lloyd qualified the mating of this species as "enigmatic": the male grasps the female's head with the terminal appendages of its abdomen while the female seeks and absorbs the sperm with its gonopore. He hypothesised that this "wheel" could have evolved in order to prevent females from escaping during the copulation.[6]

Etymology

Edmond de Sélys Longchamps named this damselfly in honor of Jules Pierre Rambur,[7] an entomologist 12 years his senior. Rambur's collection of insects was one of several that was incorporated into that of Sélys.

References

  1. ^ Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Ischnura ramburii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T165059A80686885. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T165059A80686885.en. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Ischnura ramburii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b Abbott, J. C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. p. 140. ISBN 0-691-11364-5.
  4. ^ Thomas, A.W.; Balaban, J.; Balaban, J. (3 November 2011) [Originally published online 16 February 2004]. "Ischnura ramburii". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  5. ^ Calvert, P. P (October 1893). "Part II: Catalogue of the Odonata (Dragonflies) of the Vicinity of Philadelphia". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 20. American Entomological Society: 204.
  6. ^ Lloyd, J. E. (March 1979). "Mating Behavior and Natural Selection". The Florida Entomologist. 62 (1): 17–34. doi:10.2307/3494039. JSTOR 3494039.
  7. ^ Paulson, D. R.; Dunkle, S. W. (14 April 2009). "A Checklist of North American Odonata" (PDF). Jim Johnson. p. 21. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via odonata.bugfoot.net.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rambur%27s_forktail&oldid=1166661585"