Scarlet dwarf

Scarlet dwarf
	Scarlet dwarf (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Nannophya
Species:	N. pygmaea
Binomial name
	Nannophya pygmaea; Rambur, 1842[1]

Nannophya pygmaea, known variously as the scarlet dwarf, northern pygmyfly, or tiny dragonfly, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae,[2] native from Southeast Asia to China and Japan, occasionally found south to Australia.

This species has the distinction of being the smallest of the dragonflies, with a wingspan of only 20 mm (3/4 in).

References

Rambur, Jules (1842). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Névroptères (in French). Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 534 [30] – via Gallica.
Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

External links

Scarlet dwarf at ARCBC
Northern pygmyfly at CSIRO
Scarlet dwarf at bjbug.com

Scarlet dwarf (female)

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[Rambur_1842_Gallica-1] Rambur, Jules (1842). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Névroptères (in French). Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 534 [30] – via Gallica.

[Odonata_list-2] Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 21 April 2017.