Libellulosoma

Libellulosoma
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Corduliidae
Genus:	Libellulosoma Martin, 1907
Species:	L. minutum
Binomial name
Libellulosoma minutum Martin, 1907

Libellulosoma is a genus of dragonfly in family Corduliidae. ^[2] The genus is closely related to the genera Pentathemis and Aeschnosoma . The only species is Libellulosoma minutum. ^[3] It is endemic to Madagascar.

In 2016 L. minutum was identified in southeastern Madagascar in forest fragments around the Sainte Luce Reserve after 109 years without detection. ^[3]

References

1. Schütte, K. (2017). "Libellulosoma minuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T11930A88072467. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T11930A88072467.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. Fleck, Günther; Legrand, Jean (2013-12-09). "Notes on the genus Libellulosoma Martin, 1906, and related genera (Odonata: Anisoptera: Corduliidae)" . Zootaxa. 3745 (5): 579–586. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3745.5.6. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   25113372.
3. Hyde Roberts, Sam; Barker, Larissa; Chmurova, Lucia; Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Schütte, Kai (2019). "Rediscovery of Libellulosoma minutum in the littoral forests of southeast Madagascar (Odonata: Corduliidae)" (PDF). Notulae Odonatologicae. 9 (4): 125–133. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3539746. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2022.