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BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
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Photos from the last gathering (Minnesota 2007)

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Suborder Zygoptera - Damselflies

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Odonata - Dragonflies and Damselflies
Suborder Zygoptera - Damselflies

No Taxon Naiads / Exuviae
Family Calopterygidae - Broad-winged Damselflies
Genus Hetaerina
Species americana - American Rubyspot
Species titia - Smoky Rubyspot
Species vulnerata - Canyon Rubyspot
Genus Calopteryx
Species aequabilis - River Jewelwing
Species amata - Superb Jewelwing
Species angustipennis - Appalachian Jewelwing
Species dimidiata - Sparkling Jewelwing
Species maculata - Ebony Jewelwing
Family Lestidae - Spreadwings
Genus Archilestes
Species californica - California Spreadwing
Species grandis - Great Spreadwing
Genus Lestes
Species alacer - Plateau Spreadwing
Species australis - Southern Spreadwing
Species congener - Spotted Spreadwing
Species disjunctus - Northern Spreadwing
Species dryas - Emerald Spreadwing
Species eurinus - Amber-winged Spreadwing
Species forcipatus - Sweetflag Spreadwing
Species forficula - Rainpool Spreadwing
Species inaequalis - Elegant Spreadwing
Species rectangularis - Slender Spreadwing
Species sigma - Chalky Spreadwing
Species spumarius - Antillean Spreadwing
Species stultus - Black Spreadwing
Species tenuatus - Blue-striped Spreadwing
Species unguiculatus - Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
Species vidua - Carolina Spreadwing
Species vigilax - Swamp Spreadwing
Family Coenagrionidae - Narrow-winged Damselflies
Genus Amphiagrion - Red Damsels
Species abbreviatum - Western Red Damsel
Species saucium - Eastern Red Damsel
Genus Argia - Dancers
Species apicalis - Blue-fronted Dancer
Species barretti - Comanche Dancer
Species bipunctulata - Seepage Dancer
Species cuprea - Coppery Dancer
Species emma - Emma's Dancer
Species fumipennis - Variable Dancer
Species immunda - Kiowa Dancer
Species leonorae - Leonora's Dancer
Species lugens - Sooty Dancer
Species moesta - Powdered Dancer
Species munda - Apache Dancer
Species nahuana - Aztec Dancer
Species plana - Springwater Dancer
Species sedula - Blue-ringed Dancer
Species tibialis - Blue-tipped Dancer
Species tonto - Tonto Dancer
Species translata - Dusky Dancer
Species vivida - Vivid Dancer
Species agrioides - / nahuana complex - California/Aztec Dancer
Genus Chromagrion - Aurora Damsels
Species conditum - Aurora Damsel
Genus Coenagrion - Eurasian Bluets
Species resolutum - Taiga Bluet
Species interrogatum - Subarctic Bluet
Genus Enallagma - American Bluets
Species anna - River Bluet
Species antennatum - Rainbow Bluet
Species aspersum - Azure Bluet
Species basidens - Double-striped Bluet
Species boreale - Boreal Bluet
Species carunculatum - Tule Bluet
Species civile - Familiar Bluet
Species clausum - Alkali Bluet
Species coecum - Purple Bluet
Species concisum - Cherry Bluet
Species cyathigerum - Northern Bluet
Species daeckii - Attentuated Bluet
Species davisi - Sandhill Bluet
Species divagans - Turquoise Bluet
Species doubledayi - Atlantic Bluet
Species dubium - Burgundy Bluet
Species durum - Big Bluet
Species ebrium - Marsh Bluet
Species exsulans - Stream Bluet
Species geminatum - Skimming Bluet
Species hageni - Hagen's Bluet
Species laterale - New England Bluet
Species minusculum - Little Bluet
Species novaehispaniae - Neotropical Bluet
Species pallidum - Pale Bluet
Species pictum - Scarlet Bluet
Species pollutum - Florida Bluet
Species praevarum - Arroyo Bluet
Species recurvatum - Pine Barrens Bluet
Species signatum - Orange Bluet
Species traviatum - Slender Bluet
Species vesperum - Vesper Bluet
Species weewa - Blackwater Bluet
No Taxon Blue, Green, or Brown Females Species Group
No Taxon Mostly Blue Male Species Group
Genus Hesperagrion - Painted Damsels
Species heterodoxum - Painted Damsel
Genus Ischnura - Forktails
Species barberi - Desert Forktail
Species cervula - Pacific Forktail
Species damula - Plains Forktail
Species denticollis - Black-fronted Forktail
Species erratica - Swift Forktail
Species hastata - Citrine Forktail
Species kellicotti - Lilypad Forktail
Species perparva - Western Forktail
Species posita - Fragile Forktail
Species prognata - Furtive Forktail
Species ramburii - Rambur's Forktail
Species verticalis - Eastern Forktail
Genus Nehalennia - Sprites
Species gracilis - Sphagnum Sprite
Species integricollis - Southern Sprite
Species irene - Sedge Sprite
Species pallidula - Everglades Sprite
Genus Telebasis - Firetails
Species byersi - Duckweed Firetail
Species salva - Desert Firetail
Genus Apansiagrion
Species lais - Black and White Damsel
Genus Zoniagrion
Species exclamationis - Exclamation Damsel
Genus Neoerythromma - Yellowfaces
Species cultellatum - Caribbean Yellowface
Family Protoneuridae - Threadtail Damselflies
Genus Neoneura - Robust Threadtails
Species amelia - Amelia's Threadtail
Species aaroni - Coral-fronted Threadtail