Calopteryx is a genus of large damselflies belonging to the family Calopterygidae. The colourful males often have coloured wings whereas the more muted females usually have clear wings although some develop male (androchrome) wing characteristics. In both sexes, there is no pterostigma.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Calopterygidae |
| Tribe: | Calopterygini |
| Genus: | Calopteryx Leach, 1815[1] |
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Nomenclature
editThe genus was first introduced by Leach in the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (1815) under the spelling Calepteryx, generally regarded as a printer's error for Calopteryx.[1]
It was only in 1890, many years after Leach introduced the genus, that it was widely recognised that Calopteryx was potentially a junior synonym of the Fabrician genus Agrion, established 40 years earlier. The controversy surrounding which genus name has nomenclatural priority has never been formally resolved; the ICZN rules would give priority to Fabricius' name, but most odonatists continue to use Calopteryx.[3]
Species
editThe genus contains the following species:[4][5]
- Calopteryx aequabilis Say, 1839 – River Jewelwing[6]
- Calopteryx amata Hagen, 1889 – Superb Jewelwing[6]
- Calopteryx angustipennis (Hagen in Selys, 1853) – Appalachian Jewelwing[6]
- Calopteryx balcanica Fudakowsky, 1930
- Calopteryx coomani (Fraser, 1935)
- Calopteryx cornelia Selys, 1853
- Calopteryx dimidiata (Burmeister, 1839) – Sparkling Jewelwing[6]
- Calopteryx exul Selys, 1853 – Glittering Demoiselle[7]
- Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis (van der Linden, 1825) – Copper Demoiselle[8]
- Calopteryx hyalina Martin, 1909 – Clear-winged Demoiselle[7]
- Calopteryx intermedia Selys, 1887
- Calopteryx japonica Selys, 1869
- Calopteryx laosica Fraser, 1933
- Calopteryx maculata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) – Ebony Jewelwing[6]
- Calopteryx melli Ris, 1912
- Calopteryx mingrelica Selys, 1869
- Calopteryx oberthuri McLachlan, 1894
- Calopteryx orientalis Selys, 1887
- Calopteryx samarcandica Bartenev, 1912
- Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780) – Banded Demoiselle,[9] Banded Agrion,[10] Banded Jewelwing[11] (inc. Calopteryx splendens taurica Selys, 1853)
- Calopteryx syriaca (Rambur, 1842) – Syrian Demoiselle[7]
- Calopteryx transcaspica Bartenev, 1912
- Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758) – Beautiful Demoiselle,[9] Beautiful Jewelwing[11]
- Calopteryx waterstoni Schneider, 1984
- Calopteryx xanthostoma (Charpentier, 1825) – Western Demoiselle[8]
Etymology
editThe genus name Calopteryx, established by Leach in 1815, is derived from the Greek καλός (kalos, "beautiful") and πτέρυξ (pteryx, "wing"), likely referring to the often brightly coloured and metallic wings characteristic of these damselflies.[12]
References
edit- 1 2 Leach, W.E. (1815). "Entomology". In Brewster, D. (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Vol. 9 (reprint 1830 ed.). Edinburgh: William Blackburn. pp. 57-172 [137].
- ↑ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B. (2006). Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe. p. 65. ISBN 0-9531399-4-8.
- ↑ Hämäläinen, M. (2021). "When 'a few trifling alterations' became ultra-radical changes in the nomenclature of Odonata – W.F. Kirby's (1890) catalogue of the World Odonata seen through the eyes of Edmond de Selys Longchamps" (PDF). pages 6-13 in Agrion vol. 25, WORLDWIDE DRAGONFLY ASSOCIATION. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ Lam, Ed. Damselflies of the Northeast. Forest Hills, NY:Biodiversity Press, 2004.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- 1 2 3 The Status and Distribution of Dragonflies of the Mediterranean Basin. IUCN. 2009. ISBN 978-2-8317-1161-4.
- 1 2 "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ↑ Manning, Stanley Arthur (1974). The naturalist in south-east England: Kent, Surrey and Sussex. David & Charles. p. 164. ISBN 9780715361092.
- 1 2 Brian Nelson; Robert Thompson (2004). The Natural History of Ireland's Dragonflies. Ulster Museum. ISBN 978-0-900761-45-4.
- ↑ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1954). Composition of Scientific Words: A Manual of Methods and a Lexicon of Materials for the Practice of Logotechnics.
