Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840) is a animal in the Coenagrionidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840)

Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840)

Nehalennia speciosa is a threatened coenagrionid damselfly that lives in wetland open excavations across Eurasia.

Genus
Nehalennia
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840)

Nehalennia speciosa, commonly known as the pygmy damselfly, sedgeling or sedgling, is a damselfly species belonging to the family Coenagrionidae. This species has been confirmed to be found in Austria, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ukraine. Its presence is unconfirmed in France and Kazakhstan. Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater marshes, and open excavations. This species is currently threatened by habitat loss.

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

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Coenagrionidae Nehalennia

More from Coenagrionidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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