Enallagma is a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae commonly known as bluets. Bluets can be distinguished from the similar vivid dancer by wing position; at rest, bluets' wings hang down on either side of their body, while vivid dancers hold their wings above their body. Bluets also have shorter leg spines.[1]
Adults range in length from 28 mm to 40 mm. Males are usually bright blue and black while the coloration of females varies by species. With larval lifecycles, eggs do not diapause but hatch after a couple weeks. The larvae are found submerged often far from shore.
Conservation Statusedit
Enallagma doubledayi, the Atlantic bluet, is a species found in the Caribbean and North America. The IUCN conservation status of Enallagma doubledayi is "least concern", with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.
Subspeciesedit
The genus consists of the following species:[2][3]
enallagma, genus, damselflies, family, coenagrionidae, commonly, known, bluets, bluets, distinguished, from, similar, vivid, dancer, wing, position, rest, bluets, wings, hang, down, either, side, their, body, while, vivid, dancers, hold, their, wings, above, t. Enallagma is a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae commonly known as bluets Bluets can be distinguished from the similar vivid dancer by wing position at rest bluets wings hang down on either side of their body while vivid dancers hold their wings above their body Bluets also have shorter leg spines 1 EnallagmaEnallagma cyathigerumScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder OdonataSuborder ZygopteraFamily CoenagrionidaeGenus EnallagmaCharpentier 1840 Contents 1 Description 2 Conservation Status 3 Subspecies 4 ReferencesDescription editAdults range in length from 28 mm to 40 mm Males are usually bright blue and black while the coloration of females varies by species With larval lifecycles eggs do not diapause but hatch after a couple weeks The larvae are found submerged often far from shore Conservation Status editEnallagma doubledayi the Atlantic bluet is a species found in the Caribbean and North America The IUCN conservation status of Enallagma doubledayi is least concern with no immediate threat to the species survival The population is stable The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017 Subspecies editThe genus consists of the following species 2 3 Enallagma ambiguum Navas 1936 Enallagma anna Williamson 1900 River Bluet Enallagma annexum Hagen 1861 Northern Bluet Enallagma antennatum Say 1839 Rainbow Bluet Enallagma aspersum Hagen 1861 Azure Bluet Enallagma basidens Calvert 1902 Double Striped Bluet Enallagma boreale Selys 1875 Boreal Bluet Enallagma cardenium Hagen 1861 Purple Bluet Enallagma carunculatum Morse 1895 Tule Bluet Enallagma civile Hagen 1861 Familiar Bluet Enallagma clausum Morse 1895 Alkali Bluet Enallagma concisum Williamson 1922 Cherry Bluet Enallagma cyathigerum Charpentier 1840 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma daeckii Calvert 1903 Attenuated Bluet Enallagma davisi Westfall 1943 Sandhill Bluet Enallagma deserti Selys 1871 Desert Bluet Enallagma divagans Selys 1876 Turquoise Bluet Enallagma doubledayi Selys 1850 Atlantic Bluet Enallagma dubium Root 1924 Burgundy Bluet Enallagma durum Hagen 1861 Big Bluet Enallagma ebrium Hagen 1861 Marsh Bluet Enallagma eiseni Calvert 1895 Baja California Bluet Enallagma exsulans Hagen 1861 Stream Bluet Enallagma geminatum Kellicott 1895 Skimming Bluet Enallagma hageni Walsh 1863 Hagen s Bluet Enallagma laterale Morse 1895 New England Bluet Enallagma minusculum Morse 1895 Little Bluet Enallagma novaehispaniae Calvert 1907 Neotropical Bluet Enallagma pallidum Root 1923 Pale Bluet Enallagma parvum Selys 1876 Enallagma pictum Morse 1895 Scarlet Bluet Enallagma pollutum Hagen 1861 Florida Bluet Enallagma praevarum Hagen 1861 Arroyo Bluet Enallagma recurvatum Davis 1913 Pine Barrens Bluet Enallagma semicirculare Selys 1876 Claw tipped Bluet Enallagma signatum Hagen 1861 Orange Bluet Enallagma sulcatum Williamson 1922 Golden Bluet Enallagma traviatum Selys 1876 Slender Bluet Enallagma truncatum Gundlach 1888 Cuban Bluet Enallagma vernale Gloyd 1943 Vernal Bluet Enallagma vesperum Calvert 1919 Vesper Bluet Enallagma weewa Byers 1927 Blackwater BluetReferences edit Will Kip Gross Joyce Rubinoff Daniel Powell Jerry A 2020 Field Guide to California Insects Oakland California University of California Press pp 54 55 ISBN 9780520288744 Enallagma Integrated Taxonomic Information System Retrieved 23 May 2007 Paulson D Schorr M Abbott J Bota Sierra C Deliry C Dijkstra K D Lozano F 2023 World Odonata List OdonataCentral University of Alabama Retrieved 14 Mar 2023 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Enallagma This article related to Coenagrionidae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Enallagma amp oldid 1210851861, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
