Lilypad Forktail
Ischnura kellicotti Williamson, 1898
Lilypad Forktail: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/70
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Lilypad Forktail (Ischnura kellicotti) is very closely associated with water lilies, and is seldom found away from ponds and lakes with this habitat present. Adults are usually found perching flat on lilypads, with the abdominal tip curved slightly down (Lam, 2004). In Maryland, this species is widely distributed, and is common on the coastal plain, while uncommon elsewhere in the state (Richard Orr's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).

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Ischnura kellicotti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Ischnura
Species:
I. kellicotti
Binomial name
Ischnura kellicotti
Williamson, 1898

Ischnura kellicotti, the lilypad forktail, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in North America.[2][3][1][4]

The IUCN conservation status of Ischnura kellicotti 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]

Lilypad forktail, Ischnura kellicotti
Lilypad forktail, Ischnura kellicotti

References

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  1. ^ a b c Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Ischnura kellicotti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T51361680A65836774. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T51361680A65836774.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Ischnura kellicotti". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  3. ^ "Ischnura kellicotti". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  4. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  5. ^ "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.
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