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Card 56/90

Name

Zygoptera

damselfly

Framing

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Hexapoda

Subclass: Insecta

Order: Odonata

Suborder: Zygoptera

Habitat

Aquatic nymphs/ Terrestrial adults linked to freshwater environments

Feeding

Invertebrate predator. Nymphs also of juvenile aquatic vertebrates

Distribution

All continents except Antarctica

Additional information

Adults with very short setose antennae. Two pairs of long narrow membranous wings very similar in size. Wings upright at rest. Head wider than long, with eyes far apart. Nymphs slender in appearance with caudal lamellae.

Additional information

Bibliography

- Torralba-Burrial, A. (2015). Orden Megaloptera. Revista IDE@ - SEA, 41(30-06-2015), 1–22. Accesible en: http://sea-entomologia.org/IDE@/revista_41.pdf

- Kalkman, V.J., Clausnitzer, V., Dijkstra, KD.B., Orr, A.G., Paulson, D.R., & van Tol, J. (2008). Global diversity of dragonflies (Odonata) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia, 595, 351–363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-007-9029-x