Megalagrion amaurodytum fallax (Perkins, 1899)

Fallax damselfly

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

"of questionable taxonomic validity"

(Polhemus, 1993)

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym of M. a. peles) (NatureServe, 2024)

Distribution

Hawaiian Islands, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Groombridge, B. (ed.). (1993). 1994 lUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. lUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Ivi + 286 pp.

NatureServe. (2024). Megalagrion amaurodytum peles: Pele Megalagrion Damselfly. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed 25 December 2024]

Polhemus, Dan A. (1993). Damsels in distress: A review of the conservation status of Hawaiian Megalagrion damselflies (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 3(4): 343-349. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3270030408

Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1948). Apterygota to Thysanoptera inclusive. University of Hawaii Press,Honolulu. Vol. 2: 1-475.

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