Lestes unguiculatus

Lestes unguiculatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Lestidae
Genus:	Lestes
Species:	L. unguiculatus
Binomial name
Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861

Lestes unguiculatus, the lyre-tipped spreadwing, is a species of spreadwing in the damselfly family Lestidae. It is found in North America. ^{[2] [3] [1] [4]}

The IUCN conservation status of Lestes unguiculatus is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017. ^{[1] [5] [6]}

male claspers, showing "lyre" shape

References

1. Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Lestes unguiculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T51364399A65836819. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T51364399A65836819.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Lestes unguiculatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
3. "Lestes unguiculatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
4. "Lestes unguiculatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
5. "Odonata Central" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
6. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl: 1887/22953 .