Nehalennia (genus)

Nehalennia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Nehalennia Selys, 1850

Nehalennia is a genus of very small damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. Most of the species are commonly known as Sprites. One species, N. speciosa occurs in Eurasia; the rest in North and South America.^[1]

This genus contains the following six species:^[2]

• Nehalennia gracilis Morse, 1895 - Sphagnum Sprite^[3]
• Nehalennia integricollis Calvert, 1913- Southern Sprite^[3]
• Nehalennia irene (Hagen, 1861) - Sedge Sprite^[3]
• Nehalennia minuta (Selys in Sagra, 1857) - Tropical Sprite^[3]
• Nehalennia pallidula Calvert, 1913 - Everglades Sprite^[3]
• Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840) - Pygmy damselfly, Sedgling^[4]

References

1. ^ Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691122814. 
2. ^ Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom, Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/. Retrieved 11 August 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/north-american-odonata/. Retrieved 5 August 2010. 
4. ^ "Nehalennia speciosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2006. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/60265. Retrieved 30 September 2010. 

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