Calopteryx

Calopteryx
Blue-winged demoiselle ( Calopteryx virgo ), male
Systematics
Subclass : Flying insects (Pterygota) Order : Dragonflies (Odonata) Subordination : Dragonfly (Zygoptera) Superfamily : Calopterygoidea Family : Demoiselle (Calopterygidae) Genre : Calopteryx
Scientific name
Calopteryx
Leach , 1815

Calopteryx is a genus comparatively large small vial from the family of calopterygidae (Calopterygidae). The vividly colored males often have colored wings, while the less conspicuous females (with the exception of the androchromic - like males colored - females) mostly have transparent wings. There is no pterostigm in either sex. In Central Europe, the banded demoiselle ( Calopteryx splendens ) and the blue-winged demoiselle ( Calopteryx virgo ) are widespread, in southern Europe there are also the south-western demoiselle ( Calopteryx xanthostoma ) and the bronze demoiselle ( Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis ).

species

Males of Calopteryx splendens (left) and Calopteryx virgo (right) in direct comparison

According to Schorr et al. In 2011 the following 26 species are included in the genus Calopteryx :

• Calopteryx aequabilis Say, 1840
• Calopteryx amata Hagen, 1889
• Calopteryx angustipennis (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
• Calopteryx balcanica Fudakowsky, 1930
• Calopteryx coomani (Fraser, 1935)
• Calopteryx cornelia Selys, 1853
• Calopteryx dimidiata Burmeister, 1839
• Calopteryx exul Selys, 1853
• Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis (Vander Linden, 1825) - Bronze demoiselle
• Calopteryx hyalina Martin, 1909
• Calopteryx intermedia Selys, 1887
• Calopteryx japonica Selys, 1869
• Calopteryx laosica Fraser, 1933
• Calopteryx maculata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
• Calopteryx melli Ris, 1912
• Calopteryx mingrelica Selys, 1869
• Calopteryx oberthuri McLachlan, 1894
• Calopteryx orientalis Selys, 1887
• Calopteryx samarcandica Bartenev, 1912
• Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1782) - Banded demoiselle
• Calopteryx syriaca Rambur, 1842
• Calopteryx taurica Selys, 1853
• Calopteryx transcaspica Bartenev, 1912
• Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758) - Blue-winged demoiselle
• Calopteryx waterstoni Schneider, 1984
• Calopteryx xanthostoma (Charpentier, 1825) - South-western demoiselle

Web links

Commons : Calopteryx  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Christoph Kämper: Magnificent dragonflies on the Agger

Individual evidence

1. ^ Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra: Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe . British Wildlife Publishing, Gillingham 2006, ISBN 0-9531399-4-8 (English), p. 65.
2. ^ Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom, Dennis Paulson: World Odonata List. Update from January 25, 2011 ( download )