Calopteryx Leach, 1815
(demoiselles, demoiselle damselflies)

Interactions where Calopteryx 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 tip (live) live wing tip of adult has blood sucked by adult Foreign 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 suckerForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Odonata/Calopterygidae/Calopteryx/Calopteryxdemoiselles, demoiselle damselflieslivewing tipadult adult sucks the blood of live wing tip 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.

Calopteryx (demoiselles, demoiselle damselflies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Calopteryx (demoiselles, demoiselle 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
Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle, Demoiselle Agrion
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCalopteryx (demoiselles, demoiselle damselflies)
FamilyCALOPTERYGIDAE (demoiselle damselflies)
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 Calopteryx (demoiselles, demoiselle damselflies)

Calopteryx (demoiselles, demoiselle damselflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Calopteryx (demoiselles, demoiselle damselflies):

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