ZYGOPTERA
(damselflies)

Interactions where ZYGOPTERA is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
wing base (upper side) (live) live wing base (upper side) of adult has blood sucked by adult UK/Ireland Forcipomyia paludis Dragonfly-biting Midge Diptera: Ceratopogonidae Forcipomyia paludis (Macfie, 1936) (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) the dragonfly biting midge: first British records since 1936, Telfer, M.G., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ceratopogonidae/Forcipomyia paludis/Forcipomyia paludisdragonfly-biting midgeadult Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Odonata/Zygoptera/Zygopteradamselflieslivewing base (upper side)adult adult sucks the blood of live wing base (upper side) of adult

Author & YearTitleSource
Telfer, M.G., 2009Forcipomyia paludis (Macfie, 1936) (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) the dragonfly biting midge: first British records since 1936Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 16, No. 1: 31-32.

ZYGOPTERA (damselflies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ZYGOPTERA (damselflies) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
CALOPTERYGIDAE
demoiselle damselflies
Family 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms 1 references
COENAGRIONIDAE
red and blue damselflies, and demoiselles
Family 5 subtaxa 2 trophisms 6 references
LESTIDAE
emerald damselflies
Family 2 subtaxa 1 trophisms 3 references
PLATYCNEMIDIDAE
white-legged damselflies
Family 1 subtaxa 1 references
Platycnemis
a genus of dragonflies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuborderZYGOPTERA (damselflies)
OrderODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies)
InfraclassPalaeoptera (dragonflies, damselflies and mayflies)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ZYGOPTERA (damselflies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource

Larvae And Exuviae

() Cham, S. 2009 Field Guide to the larvae and exuviae of British Dragonflies - Volume 2:Damselflies (Zygoptera) 75pp, British Dragonfly Society

ZYGOPTERA (damselflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to ZYGOPTERA (damselflies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 216 images of ZYGOPTERA (damselflies)
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