Megalagrion leptodemas

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Megalagrion leptodemas
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Megalagrion
Species: M. leptodemas
Binomial name
Megalagrion leptodemas
(Perkins, 1899)

Megalagrion leptodemas is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae that is endemic to the island of Oʻahu in Hawaii. It inhabits rivers in the Waiʻanae and Koʻolau ranges.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Polhemus, D.A. 2005. Megalagrion leptodemas. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
  2. "Damselflies: crimson Hawaiian damselfly (Megalagrion leptodemas)". Red List of Aquatic Invertebrates. The Xerces Society. Retrieved 2010-06-02. 
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