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    Lestes unguiculatus

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Species of damselfly

    Lestes unguiculatus
    Lestes unguiculatus 54807132.jpg
    Scientific classification edit
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Odonata
    Suborder: Zygoptera
    Family: Lestidae
    Genus: Lestes
    Species:
    L. unguiculatus
    Binomial name
    Lestes unguiculatus
    Hagen, 1861

    Lestes unguiculatus, the lyre-tipped spreadwing, is a species of spreadwing in the damselfly family Lestidae. It is found in North America.[2][3][1][4]

    The IUCN conservation status of Lestes unguiculatus is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.[1][5][6]

    male claspers, showing "lyre" shape

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Lestes unguiculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T51364399A65836819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T51364399A65836819.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/51364399/65836819. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
    2. ↑ "Lestes unguiculatus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=102068. Retrieved 2020-01-25. 
    3. ↑ "Lestes unguiculatus". https://www.gbif.org/species/5051646. Retrieved 2020-01-25. 
    4. ↑ "Lestes unguiculatus species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/39074. Retrieved 2020-01-25. 
    5. ↑ "Odonata Central". https://www.odonatacentral.org/. Retrieved 2019-07-02. 
    6. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. Retrieved 2019-07-02. 

    Further reading

    • Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.

    Wikidata ☰ Q1956643 entry




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