Rambur's Forktail

Ischnura ramburii

Summary 3

Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii) is a member of the damselfly family Coenagrionidae. Males are green with blue on abdominal segments 8 and 9. Females are orange-red, olive green, or similar to males in coloration. This is the most widespread New World Ischnura, occurring throughout the Americas from the United States to Chile, as well as Hawaii and the Antilles.

Range description 4

This species is found in the Bahamas (Andros, Biminis, Cat Island, Crooked Island, San Salvador), Belize (Belize, Cayo, Corozal, Orange Walk, Stann Creek, Toledo), Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia (Atlantico), Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic (Azua, Barahona, Distrito Nacional, Elías Piña, Independencia, La Vega, Monseñor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Samaná, San Cristóbal, Santiago, Valverde), Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala (Guatemala, Petén, Retalhuleu), Guyane Française, Haiti, Honduras (Cortez), Isla San Andres, Jamaica (Clarendon, Portland, St. Andrew, St. Catherine, St. Elizabeth, St. James), Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique), twenty two states in Mexico, Nicaragua (Chinandega), Panama (Canal Zone), Paraguay, Peru (Lima), Puerto Rico, Surinam, Trinidad, twenty five states in the United States of America, Venezuela (Aragua, Barinas, Carabobo, Cojedes, Falcón, Guárico) and the Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas).

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Greg Lasley
  2. (c) Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5600520650_8640bf8530.jpg
  3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ischnura_ramburii
  4. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31100585

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