Lestes unguiculatus

Lestes unguiculatus, the lyre-tipped spreadwing, is a species of spreadwing in the damselfly family Lestidae. It is found in North America.[2][3][1][4]

Lestes unguiculatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Lestidae
Genus:	Lestes
Species:	L. unguiculatus
Binomial name
Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861

The IUCN conservation status of Lestes unguiculatus is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.[1][5][6]

male claspers, showing "lyre" shape

References

1. "Lestes unguiculatus Red List status". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
2. "Lestes unguiculatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
3. "Lestes unguiculatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
4. "Lestes unguiculatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
5. "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
6. "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.