Turquoise Bluet
Enallagma divagans Selys, 1876
Turquoise Bluet: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/56
Synonyms
Tags
S3S4

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Status

Turquoise Bluet (Enallagma divagans) is an attractive damselfly of riparian habitats, like wooded streams or rivers. It can occasionally be found along the shores of wooded lakes or reservoirs (Paulson, 2011). Turquoise Bluet is uncommon, but widespread in Maryland (Richard Orr's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia), and is ranked as S3 (watch list).

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Enallagma divagans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Enallagma
Species:
E. divagans
Binomial name
Enallagma divagans
Selys, 1876

Enallagma divagans, the turquoise bluet, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.[1][2][3][4][5] It is endemic to the United States.[1]

The IUCN conservation status of Enallagma divagans is "least concern", with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[1][6]

several turquoise bluets on vegetation

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Enallagma divagans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T51356443A80692555. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T51356443A80692555.en. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Enallagma divagans Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. ^ "Enallagma divagans species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. ^ "Enallagma divagans". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  5. ^ "Enallagma divagans Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  6. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2018-05-02.

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.
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