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Listed Papua species: 184 [xx endemic species for Papua Indonesia]

The Zygoptera are in Papua represented by CALOPTERYGIDAE, CHLOROCYPHIDAE, LESTIDAE, MEGAPODAGRIONIDAE, COENAGRIONIDAE, ISOSTICTIDAE, PLATYCNEMIDIDAE, PLATYSTICTIDAE, PROTONEURIDAE.

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CALOPTERYGIDAE

Neurobasis Selys, 1853

australis Selys, 1897
ssp. australis Selys, 1897
ssp. misoolensis Lieftinck, 1955 [endemic]

ianthinipennis Lieftinck, 1949

 

CHLOROCYPHIDAE

Rhinocypha Rambur, 1842

tincta Rambur, 1842
ssp. amanda Lieftinck, 1938
ssp. retrograda Lieftinck, 1938 [endemic]
ssp. sagitta Lieftinck, 1938
ssp. semitincta Selys, 1869
ssp. tincta Rambur, 1842 [endemic]

 

LESTIDAE

Indolestes Fraser, 1922

goniocercus Lieftinck, 1960 [endemic]

lundqvisti (Lieftinck, 1949)

luxatus (Lieftinck, 1932)

lygisticercus (Lieftinck, 1932)

risi (Van der Weele, 1909)

tenuissimus Tillyard, 1906

Lestes Leach, 1815

pertinax (Lieftinck, 1932)

praemorsus (Hagen, 1862)
ssp. praemorsus (Hagen, 1862)

MEGAPODAGRIONIDAE

Argiolestes Selys, 1862

amphistylus Lieftinck, 1949

aulicus Lieftinck, 1949

australis (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) [endemic]

coartans Lieftinck, 1956 [endemic]

connectens Lieftinck, 1956 [endemic]

convergens Lieftinck, 1949 [endemic]

fontinalis Lieftinck, 1956 [endemic]

lamprostomus Lieftinck, 1949

macrostylis Ris, 1913

ochrostomus Lieftinck, 1949 [endemic]

ornatus Selys, 1878
ssp. ornatus Selys, 1878 [endemic]
ssp. subornatus Lieftinck, 1949

pallidistylus Selys, 1878 [endemic]

pectitus Lieftinck, 1949

postnodalis Selys, 1878 [endemic]

simplex Lieftinck, 1949

sponsus Lieftinck, 1956

tristis Lieftinck, 1935

Podopteryx Selys, 1871

casuarina Lieftinck, 1949

selysi (Förster, 1899)

 

COENAGRIONIDAE

Aciagrion Selys, 1892

fragile (Tillyard, 1906)

tonsillare Lieftinck, 1937

Agriocnemis Selys, 1877

aderces Lieftinck, 1932

femina (Brauer, 1868)
ssp. femina (Brauer, 1868)

pygmaea (Rambur, 1842)
ssp. pygmaea (Rambur, 1842)

Archboldargia Lieftinck, 1949

gloriosa Lieftinck, 1949

mirifica Lieftinck, 1949

Archibasis Kirby, 1890

crucigera Lieftinck, 1949

mimetes (Tillyard, 1913)

Argiocnemis Kirby, 1890

ensifera Lieftinck, 1932

rubescens Selys, 1877
ssp. rubescens Selys, 1877

Austroagrion Tillyard, 1913

exclamationis Campion, 1915

Austrocnemis Tillyard, 1913

maccullochi Selys, 1877

Ceriagrion Selys, 1876

aeruginosum (Brauer, 1869)

inaequale Lieftinck, 1932

Hylaeargia Lieftinck, 1949

simulatrix Lieftinck, 1949

Ischnura Charpentier, 1840

ariel Lieftinck, 1949

aurora (Brauer, 1865)
ssp. aurora (Brauer, 1865)
ssp. viduata Lieftinck, 1949

isoetes Lieftinck, 1949

pruinescens (Tillyard, 1906)

rhodosoma Lieftinck, 1959 [endemic]

senegalensis (Rambur, 1842) [endemic]

stueberi Lieftinck, 1932

Oreagrion Ris, 1913

armeniacum Lieftinck, 1949

oreadum Lieftinck, 1949

xanthocyane (Lieftinck, 1949)

Palaiargia Förster, 1903

alcedo Lieftinck, 1949

arses Lieftinck, 1957 [endemic]

carnifex Lieftinck, 1932
ssp. carnifex Lieftinck, 1932
ssp. praeclara Lieftinck, 1972

ceyx Lieftinck, 1949
ssp. ceyx Lieftinck, 1949
ssp. flammula Lieftinck, 1949

charmosyna Lieftinck, 1932
ssp. charmosyna Lieftinck, 1932
ssp. cyclopica Lieftinck, 1949
ssp. miniata Lieftinck, 1949

eclecta Lieftinck, 1949

eos Lieftinck, 1938 [endemic]

ernstmayri Lieftinck, 1972 [endemic]

halcyon Lieftinck, 1938

micropsitta Lieftinck, 1957 [endemic]

nasiterna Lieftinck, 1938

rubropunctata (Selys, 1878) [endemic]

stellata Ris, 1915 [endemic]

Papuagrion Ris, 1913

auriculatum Lieftinck, 1937

corruptum Lieftinck, 1938

degeneratum Lieftinck, 1937

digitiferum Lieftinck, 1949

ekari Lieftinck, 1949

flavipedum Lieftinck, 1949 [endemic]

flavithorax (Selys, 1878) [endemic]

fraterculum Lieftinck, 1937

insulare Lieftinck, 1949 [endemic]

laminatum Lieftinck, 1937

magnanimum (Selys, 1876)

occipitale (Selys, 1877)

oppositum Lieftinck, 1949

pandanicolum Lieftinck, 1949

perameles Lieftinck, 1942

pesechem Lieftinck, 1949
ssp. corniculatum Lieftinck, 1949
ssp. pesechem Lieftinck, 1949

prothoracale Lieftinck, 1935

rectangulare Lieftinck, 1937

reductum Ris, 1913

rufipedum Lieftinck, 1937

spinicaudum Lieftinck, 1937

stueberi Lieftinck, 1938

Plagulibasis Lieftinck, 1949

ciliata Ris, 1913

Pseudagrion Selys, 1876

civicum Lieftinck, 1932

coarctatum Lieftinck, 1932

farinicolle Lieftinck, 1932

microcephalum (Rambur, 1842)

pelecotomum Lieftinck, 1932

silaceum Lieftinck, 1932

starreanum Lieftinck, 1949 [endemic]

Teinobasis Kirby, 1890

albula Ris, 1915

alternans Lieftinck, 1935

argiocnemis Lieftinck, 1949

aurea Lieftinck, 1932

debeauforti Lieftinck, 1938

dominula Lieftinck, 1937

fulgens Lieftinck, 1949

laglaizei (Selys, 1878)

micans Lieftinck, 1949 [endemic]

nitescens Lieftinck, 1935
ssp. nitescens Lieftinck, 1935

olthofi Lieftinck, 1949

pretiosa (Selys, 1877) [endemic]

prothoracica (Selys, 1877) [endemic]

pulverulenta Ris, 1915

rufithorax Selys, 1877

scintillans Lieftinck, 1932

serena Lieftinck, 1932
ssp. humeralis Lieftinck, 1949
ssp. serena Lieftinck, 1932

stigmatizans Lieftinck, 1938

wallacei Campion, 1924 [endemic]

Xiphiagrion Selys, 1876

cyanomelas (Selys, 1876)

truncatum Lieftinck, 1949

ISOSTICTIDAE

Selysioneura Förster, 1900

bacillus Ris, 1915 [endemic]

capreola Lieftinck, 1932

cervicornu Förster, 1900

cornelia Lieftinck, 1953 [endemic]

phasma Lieftinck, 1932

ranatra Lieftinck, 1949

stenomantis Lieftinck, 1932

umbratilis Lieftinck, 1932

venilia Lieftinck, 1953 [endemic]

Tanymecosticta Lieftinck, 1935

fissicollis (Lieftinck, 1932)

jejuna Lieftinck, 1959 [endemic]

 

PLATYCNEMIDIDAE

Arrhenocnemis Lieftinck, 1933

amphidactylis Lieftinck, 1949

sinuatipennis Selys, 1891

Cyanocnemis Lieftinck, 1949

aureofrons Lieftinck, 1947

Idiocnemis Selys, 1878

australis Gassmann, 1999

bidentata Selys, 1878

dagnyae Lieftinck, 1958

fissidens Lieftinck, 1958

inornata Selys, 1878

mertoni Ris, 1913

nigriventris Lieftinck, 1937

obliterata Lieftinck, 1932

strumidens Lieftinck, 1958

Lochmaeocnemis Lieftinck, 1949

malacodora Lieftinck, 1949

Paramecocnemis Lieftinck, 1932

erythrostigma Lieftinck, 1932

Thaumatagrion Lieftinck, 1932

funereum Lieftinck, 1932

Torrenticnemis Lieftinck, 1949

filicornis Lieftinck, 1949

PLATYSTICTIDAE

Drepanosticta Laidlaw, 1917

auriculata (Selys, 1878)

bicornuta (Selys, 1878)

claaseni Lieftinck, 1931

clavata Lieftinck, 1932

dorcadion Lieftinck, 1949

eucera Lieftinck, 1949

exoleta Lieftinck, 1932

inconspicua Lieftinck, 1938

inversa Lieftinck, 1949

lepyricollis Lieftinck, 1949

PROTONEURIDAE

Nososticta Selys, 1860

atrocyana (Lieftinck, 1960)

aurantiaca Lieftinck, 1938

beatrix (Lieftinck, 1949)

callisphaena (Lieftinck, 1937)

chalybeostoma Lieftinck, 1932

cyanura (Lieftinck, 1932)

dorsonigra (Martin, 1902)

erythroprocta (Selys, 1886)

erythrura (Lieftinck, 1932)
ssp. efasciata Lieftinck, 1949
ssp. erythrura (Lieftinck, 1932)

evelynae Lieftinck, 1960

fonticola Lieftinck, 1932

irene Lieftinck, 1949

lorentzi (Lieftinck, 1938)

melanoxantha (Lieftinck, 1949)

nigrifrons (Ris, 1913)

nigrofasciata Lieftinck, 1932

plagiata Selys, 1886

plagioxantha Lieftinck, 1932

pseudexul (Ris, 1913)

pyroprocta Lieftinck, 1960

rangifera Lieftinck, 1949

rosea (Ris, 1913)
ssp. cruentata Lieftinck, 1932

salomonis (Selys, 1886)
ssp. salomonis (Selys, 1886)

silvicola Lieftinck, 1949

thalassina (Lieftinck, 1949)

wallacii (Selys, 1886)

xanthe (Lieftinck, 1938)

(checklist updated on 31st July 2009)

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