Megalagrion xanthomelas

Megalagrion xanthomelas
Megalagrion xanthomelas
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Megalagrion
Species: M. xanthomelas
Binomial name
Megalagrion xanthomelas
(Selys, 1876)

Megalagrion xanthomelas is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae that is endemic to Hawaii.[2] Its natural habitats are rivers and shrub-dominated wetlands. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Odonata Specialist Group 1996. Megalagrion xanthomelas. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Damselflies: orangeblack Hawaiian damselfly (Megalagrion xanthomelas)". Red List of Aquatic Invertebrates. The Xerces Society. http://www.xerces.org/orangeblack-hawaiian-damselfly/. Retrieved 2010-06-02.