Ischnura

Ischnura
Ischnura heterosticta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Ischnura
Charpentier, 1840[1]
Synonyms

Boninagrion Asahina, 1952

Ischnura is a genus of damselflies known as forktails (or sometimes bluetails) in the family Coenagrionidae.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ Charpentier, T. (1840). Libellulinae Europaeae Descriptae et Depictae (in Latin). Leipzig: Leopold Voss. pp. 180 [20]. hdl:2027/nyp.33433011575317.
  2. ^ "Genus Ischnura Charpentier, 1840". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Paulson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).