Mecistogaster modesta

Mecistogaster modesta
Female, Belize
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Mecistogaster
Species:	M. modesta
Binomial name
Mecistogaster modesta Selys, 1860

Mecistogaster modesta is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Central America. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Mecistogaster modesta:

• Mecistogaster modesta iphigeniaSelys, 1886
• Mecistogaster modesta modestaSelys, 1860

References

1. "Mecistogaster modesta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
2. "Mecistogaster modesta". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
3. "Odonata Central" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
4. "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 .