Ischnura demorsa is a damselfly in the genus Ischnura ("forktails"), in the family Coenagrionidae ("narrow-winged damselflies").[2][3] The species is known generally as the "Mexican forktail".[4] The distribution range of Ischnura demorsa includes Central America and North America.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Ischnura |
| Species: | I. demorsa
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| Binomial name | |
| Ischnura demorsa (Hagen, 1861)
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The IUCN conservation status of Ischnura demorsa is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[1][5]
References
edit- ^ a b "List of Endangered Species". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ "Ischnura demorsa Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ a b "Ischnura demorsa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ "Ischnura demorsa Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ "Odonata Central". Odonata Central, University of Alabama. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle (1999). "A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56, 88.
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