Mesagrion leucorrhinum
| Mesagrion leucorrhinum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| 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 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 Dijkstra et al. in 2013, the genus Mesagrion is considered "incertae sedis", without an assigned family but within the superfamily Calopterygoidea.[1][2]
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
- ^ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
- ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- von Ellenrieder, N. & Paulson, D. 2005. Mesagrion leucorrhinum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
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