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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Sprites (Nehalennia)

Genus Nehalennia - Sprites

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
Southern Sprite - Nehalennia integricollis - female damselfly - Nehalennia irene Everglades Sprite? - Nehalennia pallidula Southern Sprite - Nehalennia integricollis - male Blackwater Bluet - Nehalennia pallidula - female Nehalennia pallidula: what's it sticking out of its tail? - Nehalennia pallidula Damsel fly - Nehalennia irene - male Nehalenni irene ? - Nehalennia
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)
Family Coenagrionidae (Narrow-winged Damselflies)
Genus Nehalennia (Sprites)
Other Common Names
USE: The Odonata of North America for Common Names
USE: The Odonata of North America for Scientific Names
Numbers
Neartica lists 4 North American species: gracilis, intergricollis, irene, and pallidula.
Print References
"Stokes Beginner's Guide to Dragonflies" (1)
Works Cited
1.Stokes Beginner's Guide to Dragonflies
Donald and Lillian Stokes. 2002. Little, Brown and Company.
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 18 July, 2004 - 10:34pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2
Last updated 25 February, 2006 - 3:31pm

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