Sympetrum illotum
Male (top) and female (bottom)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Sympetrum
Species:
S. illotum
Binomial name
Sympetrum illotum
(Hagen, 1861)
male in flight

Sympetrum illotum, the cardinal meadowhawk, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in North America and South America, including islands in the Caribbean.[1][2][3][4]

The IUCN conservation status of Sympetrum illotum is least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[1][5][6]

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Sympetrum illotum:

  • Sympetrum illotum gilvum Brauer, 1868
  • Sympetrum illotum illotum (Hagen, 1861)
  • Sympetrum illotum virgulum (Selys, 1884)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Sympetrum illotum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T165101A65833760. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T165101A65833760.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Sympetrum illotum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ↑ "Sympetrum illotum". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  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

  • 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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