Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Coenagrionoidea Subfamily Pseudagrioninae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus | Suborder Zygoptera Family Coenagrionidae Scientific name Megalagrion Higher classification Coenagrionidae Order Odonate | |
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Lower classifications Megalagrion pacificum, Megalagrion leptodemas, Megalagrion nesiotes, Megalagrion xanthomelas, Megalagrion nigrohamatum | ||
Native hawaiian damselfly megalagrion
Megalagrion is a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae It contains approximately 26 species, all of which are endemic to Hawaiʻi.
Contents
- Native hawaiian damselfly megalagrion
- Cook female dimorphism and male harassment in the hawaiian damselfly megalagrion calliphya
- References
Larval Megalagrion live in widely diverse habitats, including the expected streams and pools. Megalagrion also exploit some surprising habitats such as plant leaf axils, waterfall faces, and even damp fern litter far from water sources. M. oahuense is the only species of damselfly whose naiad is terrestrial, living in damp fern litter until metamorphosis.
Many species of Megalagrion are in danger due to habitat loss and predation by non-native fish. To protect them, non-native fish should never be released in Hawaiian streams.
The genus contains the following species:
Cook female dimorphism and male harassment in the hawaiian damselfly megalagrion calliphya
References
Megalagrion Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA