Biology:Ischnura demorsa

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Short description: Species of damselfly

Ischnura demorsa
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Ischnura
Species:
I. demorsa
Binomial name
Ischnura demorsa
(Hagen, 1861)

Ischnura demorsa is a damselfly in the genus Ischnura ("forktails"), in the family Coenagrionidae ("narrow-winged damselflies").[2][3] The species is known generally as the "Mexican forktail".[4] The distribution range of Ischnura demorsa includes Central America and North America.[3]

The IUCN conservation status of Ischnura demorsa is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[1][5]

References

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle (1999). "A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56, 88.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1875932 entry