Macrothemis inacuta Calvert, 1898 is a animal in the Libellulidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Macrothemis inacuta Calvert, 1898 (Macrothemis inacuta Calvert, 1898)
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Macrothemis inacuta Calvert, 1898

Macrothemis inacuta Calvert, 1898

Macrothemis inacuta, the straw-colored sylph, is a stable skimmer dragonfly species found across the Americas, ranked least concern by IUCN.

Family
Genus
Macrothemis
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Macrothemis inacuta Calvert, 1898

Macrothemis inacuta, commonly called the straw-colored sylph, is a species of skimmer dragonfly that belongs to the family Libellulidae. This species can be found in Central America, North America, and South America. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has classified Macrothemis inacuta as "LC", which stands for least concern, meaning there are no immediate threats to this species' survival. Its current population is stable, and the IUCN conservation status assessment for this species was last reviewed in 2017.

Photo: (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Greg Lasley · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Libellulidae Macrothemis

More from Libellulidae

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