Mesagrion leucorrhinum

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

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

  1. 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.
  2. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2019.


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