Mesagrion leucorrhinum is a species of damselfly. Its monotypic genus Mesagrion was formerly in the subfamily Argiolestinae of the flatwing damselfly family (Megapodagrionidae). As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Bybee et al. in 2021, it is now in its own family, Mesagrionidae.[2][3]
| Mesagrion leucorrhinum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Calopterygoidea |
| Family: | Mesagrionidae |
| Genus: | Mesagrion Selys, 1885 |
| Species: | M. leucorrhinum
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesagrion leucorrhinum Selys, 1885
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Mesagrion leucorrhinum is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Sources
edit- ^ Bota-Sierra, C.; Palacino, F.; Rache, L.; Ellenrieder, N.; Paulson, D. (2016). "Mesagrion leucorrhinum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60294A66887433. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T60294A66887433.en.
- ^ Seth M. Bybee et al. (2021) Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160: 1-15
- ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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