Blue-tipped Dancer
Argia tibialis (Rambur, 1842)
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Blue-tipped Dancer (Argia tibialis) is a dark species of dancer usually found on small to medium-sized creeks and rivers, but sometimes larger ones, usually within a forested setting. It sometimes will occur on degraded streams in developed areas (Paulson, 2011). This species is abundant in Maryland (Richard Orr's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and District of Columbia).

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Argia tibialis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Argia
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A. tibialis
Binomial name
Argia tibialis
(Rambur, 1842)

Argia tibialis, the blue-tipped dancer, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in Central America and North America.[1]

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

Blue-tipped dancer, Argia tibialis
Blue-tipped dancer, Argia tibialis

References

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  1. ^ a b "Argia tibialis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  2. ^ "Argia tibialis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  3. ^ "Argia tibialis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  4. ^ "Argia tibialis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  5. ^ "List of Endangered Species". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  6. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2018-05-03.

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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