Coenagrion

Azure Damselfly ( Coenagrion puella )

The Azurjungfern ( Coenagrion ) are a genus of dragonflies Slim ( Coenagrionidae ) within the damselfly ( Zygoptera ). These are mostly small dragonflies with wingspans and body lengths of five centimeters.

Features

The Azurjungfern are very slim, as a rule, built almost acicular. The males are bright blue and black colored as a rule, with a distinctive black drawing on the second abdominal segment. The females can also be blue, but brownish or green-black.

Species

In Europe, the following types of Azurjungfern encountered:

• Baikal Damselfly - Coenagrion glaciale (European N. Russia)
• Bird Azurjungfer - Coenagrion ornatum
• Helm Azurjungfer - mercuriale Coenagrion
• Hood Azurjungfer - Coenagrion armatum
• Azure Damselfly - Coenagrion puella
• Bat Damselfly - Coenagrion pulchellum
• Javelin Azurjungfer - Coenagrion hastulatum
• Moon Azurjungfer - Coenagrion lunulatum
• Bilek Blue Damselfly - Coenagrion hylas
• Fork Damselfly - Coenagrion scitulum
• Nordic Azurjungfer - Coenagrion johan soni
• Southern Damselfly - Coenagrion caerulescens
• Cretan Azurjungfer - Coenagrion intermedium ( Crete)
• Caspian Blue Damselfly - Coenagrion ponticum ( Caspian Sea )
• Ungehörnte Azurjungfer - Coenagrion ecornutum ( South Urals )

Non-European types (selection)

• Subarctic damselfly ( Coenagrion interrogatum )
• Taiga damselfly ( Coenagrion resolutum )

Similar Species

In many older textbooks two other Slim Dragonfly species appear also under the German name " damselfly " on, but other genera belong: the cup Damselfly and Azure Damselfly Cup. To avoid this misunderstanding, the first type Enallagma cyathigerum is now usually referred to as the Common Blue Damselfly. The second type Erythromma lindenii, which now bears the name of the German Cup bridesmaid, you will usually still under the scientific name Cercion lindenii. However, due to the larval morphology, and recent molecular biological characteristics it is secured in the genre of garnet eyes ( Erythromma ) to classify.