Amber-winged Spreadwing
Lestes eurinus Say, 1839
Amber-winged Spreadwing: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/34
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Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus) is a distinctive, heavy-bodied species, showing diagnostic amber-colored wings, just as the common name would suggest. This spreadwing is found in a variety of ponds and wetlands, usually fishless (Paulson, 2011). It is widespread from western Maryland to the Piedmont, but has not been recorded from the Eastern Shore (Richard Orr's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia). It is considered an S3 (on the watch list).

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Lestes eurinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Lestes
Species:
L. eurinus
Binomial name
Lestes eurinus
Say, 1840

Lestes eurinus, the amber-winged spreadwing, is a species of spreadwing in the damselfly family Lestidae. It is found in eastern North America.[1][2][3][4]

The IUCN conservation status of Lestes eurinus 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). "Lestes eurinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T51364333A65836799. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T51364333A65836799.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Lestes eurinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. ^ "Lestes eurinus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  4. ^ "Lestes eurinus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  5. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  6. ^ "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.