Sphagnum Sprite
Nehalennia gracilis Morse, 1895
Sphagnum Sprite: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/75
Synonyms
Tags
S2 (State rare)

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214 Records

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Status

Sphagnum Sprite (Nehalennia gracilis), as its common name suggests, is strongly associated with boggy habitats with an abundance of sphagnum mosses (like bogs, slow creeks, etc.) but may occasionally be found in vegetated habitats without moss present (Paulson, 2011). In Maryland, this beautiful species is distributed primarily along the coastal plain, on both the Eastern and Western shores, where it is found very locally in bogs (Richard Orr's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia). It is ranked as S2 (state rare).

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Nehalennia gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Nehalennia
Species:
N. gracilis
Binomial name
Nehalennia gracilis
Morse, 1895

Nehalennia gracilis, the sphagnum sprite, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

The IUCN conservation status of Nehalennia gracilis is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[5][6]

Sphagnum sprite, Nehalennia gracilis

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nehalennia gracilis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ "Nehalennia gracilis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. ^ "Nehalennia gracilis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. ^ "Nehalennia gracilis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. ^ "List of Endangered Species". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  6. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2018-04-25.

Further reading

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  • 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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