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Mesagrion leucorrhinum

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Mesagrion leucorrhinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Mesagrionidae
Genus: Mesagrion
Selys, 1885
Species:
M. leucorrhinum
Binomial name
Mesagrion leucorrhinum
Selys, 1885

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 is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Seth M. Bybee et al. (2021) Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160: 1-15
  3. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2019.