Biology:Telebasis salva

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Short description: Species of damselfly

Telebasis salva
Desert Firetail - Telebasis salva, National Butterfly Center, Mission, Texas - 26358341334.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Telebasis
Species:
T. salva
Binomial name
Telebasis salva
(Hagen, 1861)

Telebasis salva, the desert firetail, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America.[2][3][1][4]

The IUCN conservation status of Telebasis salva is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2018.[1][5][6]

Desert firetail, Telebasis salva

References

Further reading

  • Bick, G. H.; Bick, J. C. (1995). "A review of the genus Telebasis with descriptions of eight new species (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)". Odonatologica 24: 11–44. ISSN 0375-0183. http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document;docid=592107. 
  • Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2269842 entry