Zygonyx Explained

Zygonyx is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as cascaders because of their preference for living beside waterfalls and flying through the spray. They lay their eggs in wet dangling roots.^[1]

Species

The genus contains the following species:

• Zygonyx annika
• Zygonyx asahinai
• Zygonyx atritibiae
• Zygonyx chrysobaphes
• Zygonyx constellatus
• Zygonyx denticulatus
• Zygonyx dionyx
• Zygonyx elisabethae
• Zygonyx eusebia
• Zygonyx flavicosta
• Zygonyx geminuncus
• Zygonyx hova
• Zygonyx ida
• Zygonyx ilia
• Zygonyx immaculata
• Zygonyx iris - Emerald Cascader^[2]
• Zygonyx luctifer
• Zygonyx natalensis - Blue Cascader, Powdered Cascader,^[3] Scuffed Cascader^[4]
• Zygonyx ranavalonae
• Zygonyx regisalberti
• Zygonyx speciosus
• Zygonyx takasago
• Zygonyx torridus - Ringed Cascader^[5]
• Zygonyx viridescens

Notes and References

1. Book: Silsby, Jill. Dragonflies of the World. 2001 . Csiro Publishing . 978-0-643-10249-1 . 15.
2. Web site: Emerald Cascader. Hong Kong Biodiversity Online. 11 October 2010.
3. Clausnitzer, V. . Suhling, F. . Dijkstra, K.-D.B. . 2016 . Zygonyx natalensis . 2016 . e.T60076A86825854 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60076A86825854.en . 12 November 2021.
4. Book: Samways, Michael J.. Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. 2008. Pensoft. 978-954-642-330-6.
5. Dow, R.A. . Boudot, J.-P. . Clausnitzer, V. . Suhling, F. . Ferreira, S. . Dijkstra, K.-D.B. . Schneider, W. . Samraoui, B. . 2016 . Zygonyx torridus . 2016 . e.T60078A83877723 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60078A83877723.en . 12 November 2021.