A Greater Hyacinth Glider in Howard Co., Maryland (7/9/1999).
A Greater Hyacinth Glider in Aransas Co., Texas (10/18/2011).
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A Greater Hyacinth Glider near Sarasota, Florida (10/20/2010).
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Greater Hyacinth Glider (Miathyria marcella) is a primarily tropical species found in the deep south where introduced water hyacinth occurs (Paulson, 2011). It is considered a vagrant in Maryland, with just a single specimen record from Howard Co. in 1999.
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A Greater Hyacinth Glider in Howard Co., Maryland (7/9/1999).
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Robert Solem.
A Greater Hyacinth Glider in Aransas Co., Texas (10/18/2011).
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Terry Hibbitts.
A Greater Hyacinth Glider near Sarasota, Florida (10/20/2010).
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Dan Irizarry.
Source: Wikipedia
| Miathyria marcella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Miathyria |
| Species: | M. marcella
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| Binomial name | |
| Miathyria marcella (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
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Miathyria marcella, the hyacinth glider, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[2][3][1][4]
The IUCN conservation status of Miathyria marcella 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
[edit]- ^ a b c Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Miathyria marcella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T165066A80685834. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T165066A80685834.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Miathyria marcella". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Miathyria marcella". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Miathyria marcella species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ "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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