Sympecma is a genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae.
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| Male S. fusca | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Lestidae |
| Genus: | Sympecma Burmeister, 1839 |
The genus contains the following species:[1]
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Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820) | Common Winter Damselfly[2] | southern and central Europe stretching out to Asia, Mediterranean in Europe and North Africa and on many Mediterranean islands |
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Sympecma gobica Förster, 1900 | From the very east of Europe deep into Asia | ||
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Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877) | Siberian Winter Damsel[3] | From the Baltic countries to Japan, with western populations in the north of Germany and the Netherlands, and in the Alps and some other mountainous regions |
References
edit- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
- ^ "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.