Little Blue Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax minuscula (Rambur, 1842)
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Little Blue Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax minuscula) is a very small skimmer species, mostly southern in distribution, but extending sporadically north of the usual range. This species may be irruptive some years. It usually breeds in shallow, vegetated lakes, ponds, and wetlands (Paulson, 2011). In Maryland, Little Blue Dragonlet has been recorded from half a dozen counties (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia), but is considered highly state rare (S1).

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Erythrodiplax minuscula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Erythrodiplax
Species:
E. minuscula
Binomial name
Erythrodiplax minuscula
(Rambur, 1842)

Erythrodiplax minuscula, the little blue dragonlet, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in North America.[2][3][1][4]

The IUCN conservation status of Erythrodiplax minuscula 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]

Little blue dragonlet, Erythrodiplax minuscula
Little blue dragonlet, Erythrodiplax minuscula

References

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  1. ^ a b c Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Erythrodiplax minuscula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T51273365A80680357. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T51273365A80680357.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Erythrodiplax minuscula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ "Erythrodiplax minuscula". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  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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