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7 Records
Status
Smoky Rubyspot was long presumed extirpated from its former range along sections of the Potomac River due to a lack of records since the 1970s. However, a single individual was photographed along the Potomac at Glen Echo (R. Orr), followed by a sighting along the Potomac in Washington Co. in September 2022 (J. Moore et al.). It seems hopeful that more effort will yield additional sightings and confirm one or more populations.
Smoky Rubyspot is active in late summer from about August to October in this region. It often perches fairly high on vegetation overhanging the water and appears to favor shaded sections of slower water over the riffles preferred by American Rubyspot (Paulson, 2011).
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Source: Wikipedia
Hetaerina titia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Calopterygidae |
Genus: | Hetaerina |
Species: | H. titia
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Binomial name | |
Hetaerina titia (Drury, 1773)
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Hetaerina titia, the smoky rubyspot, is a species of broad-winged damselfly in the family Calopterygidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[2][3][1][4]
The IUCN conservation status of Hetaerina titia is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2018.[1][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Paulson, D.R. (2018). "Hetaerina titia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T51293970A65836654. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T51293970A65836654.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Hetaerina titia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Hetaerina titia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Hetaerina titia species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Hetaerina titia at Wikimedia Commons