Dythemis maya Calvert, 1906 is a animal in the Libellulidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Dythemis maya Calvert, 1906

Dythemis maya Calvert, 1906

Dythemis maya (Mayan setwing) is a stable least-concern skimmer dragonfly found in Central and North America.

Family
Genus
Dythemis
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Dythemis maya Calvert, 1906

Dythemis maya, commonly called the Mayan setwing, is a species of skimmer dragonfly belonging to the family Libellulidae. This species is distributed across Central America and North America. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed Dythemis maya as "LC" (least concern), meaning there is no immediate threat to the survival of the species. Its population is currently stable, and the IUCN conservation status for this species was last reviewed in 2017.

Photo: (c) Ale Türkmen (The Butterfly Project Mexico), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Ale Türkmen (The Butterfly Project Mexico) · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Libellulidae Dythemis

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