Nehalennia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Zygoptera
Superfamilia: Coenagrionoidea

Familia: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Nehalennia
Species: N. gracilis – N. integricollis – N. irene – N. minuta – N. pallidula – N. speciosa
Name
Nehalennia Selys, 1850

Nehalennia is a genus of very small damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. Most of the species are commonly known as Sprites. One species, N. speciosa occurs in Eurasia; the rest in North and South America.[1]

This genus contains the following six species:[2]

Nehalennia gracilis Morse, 1895 – Sphagnum Sprite[3]
Nehalennia integricollis Calvert, 1913 – Southern Sprite[3]
Nehalennia irene (Hagen, 1861) – Sedge Sprite[3]
Nehalennia minuta (Selys in Sagra, 1857) – Tropical Sprite[3]
Nehalennia pallidula Calvert, 1913 – Everglades Sprite[3]
Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840) – Pygmy damselfly, Sedgling[4]

References

Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
"North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
Bernard, R. & Wildermuth, H. (2006). "Nehalennia speciosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60265A12336089. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60265A12336089.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.