Lestes alacer

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Lestes alacer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Lestes
Species:
L. alacer
Binomial name
Lestes alacer
Hagen, 1861

Lestes alacer, the plateau spreadwing, is a species of spreadwing in the damselfly family Lestidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[2][3][1][4]

The IUCN conservation status of Lestes alacer 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]

pair copulating

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Lestes alacer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T51364316A80690074. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T51364316A80690074.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Lestes alacer Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. ^ "Lestes alacer". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  4. ^ "Lestes alacer species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  5. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  6. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading[edit]

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

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