Species Enallagma civile - Familiar Bluet

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Familiar Bluet - Enallagma civile - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)

Family Coenagrionidae (Narrow-winged Damselflies)

Genus Enallagma (American Bluets)

Species civile (Familiar Bluet)

Atlantic Bluet, Enallagma doubledayi--separation requires examination of male cerci or of female mesostigmal plate (on thorax) (1)

Print References

Lam, p. 72 (2)

Abbott, p. 105, photos 13e, 13f (1)

Dunkle, pp. 101-102, figs. 71-72 (3)

Beaton, pp. 96-97 (4)

Works Cited

1.	Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States By John C. Abbott

2.	Damselflies of the Northeast By Ed Lam

3.	Damselflies of Florida, Bermuda, and the Bahamas By Sidney W. Dunkle

4.	Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast By Giff Beaton

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, cotinis, Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 15 December, 2007 - 8:45pm

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