Rainbow Bluet
Enallagma antennatum (Say, 1839)
Rainbow Bluet: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/50
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Status

Rainbow Bluet (Enallagma antennatum) is common in parts of its range, but in Maryland, it is highly state rare (S1), and is only recorded from Garrett and Allegany Counties. This beautiful species occurs at muddy, slow-flowing creeks, at inlets or outflows to lakes, ponds, or impoundments, and at gravel pit ponds (Lam, 2004).

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Enallagma antennatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Enallagma
Species:
E. antennatum
Binomial name
Enallagma antennatum
(Say, 1839)

Enallagma antennatum, the rainbow bluet, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in eastern and central North America.[1][2][3][4]

The IUCN conservation status of Enallagma antennatum 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Enallagma antennatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T51342379A65836709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T51342379A65836709.en. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Enallagma antennatum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ "Enallagma antennatum". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  5. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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.