Libellulosoma
Appearance
Libellulosoma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Corduliidae |
Genus: | Libellulosoma Martin, 1907 |
Species: | L. minutum
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Binomial name | |
Libellulosoma minutum Martin, 1907
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Libellulosoma is a genus of dragonfly in family Corduliidae.[2] The genus is closely related to the genera Pentathemis and Aeschnosoma. The only species is Libellulosoma minutum.[3] It is endemic to Madagascar.
In 2016 L. minutum was identified in southeastern Madagascar in forest fragments around the Sainte Luce Reserve after 109 years without detection.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Schütte, K. (2017). "Libellulosoma minuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T11930A88072467. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T11930A88072467.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Fleck, Günther; Legrand, Jean (2013-12-09). "Notes on the genus Libellulosoma Martin, 1906, and related genera (Odonata: Anisoptera: Corduliidae)". Zootaxa. 3745 (5): 579. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3745.5.6. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ a b Hyde Roberts, Sam; Barker, Larissa; Chmurova, Lucia; Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Schütte, Kai (2019). "Rediscovery of Libellulosoma minutum in the littoral forests of southeast Madagascar (Odonata: Corduliidae)" (PDF). Notulae odonatologicae. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3539746. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2022.