Nehalennia speciosa
| Nehalennia speciosa | |
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| Nehalennia speciosa (male) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Nehalennia |
| Species: | N. speciosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840) | |
Nehalennia speciosa (pygmy damselfly, sedgeling or sedgling) is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, possibly France, and possibly Kazakhstan. Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater marshes, and open excavations. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Sources
- Bernard, R. & Wildermuth, H. 2005. Nehalennia speciosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
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