Leucorrhinia albifrons

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	ARTHROPODA	INSECTA	ODONATA	LIBELLULIDAE

Scientific Name:

Leucorrhinia albifrons

Species Authority:

(Burmeister, 1839)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Dark Whiteface
French	–	Leucorrhine à Front Blanc

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2006

Assessor/s:

Sahlén, G.

Reviewer/s:

Clausnitzer, V. & Suhling, F. (Odonata Red List Authority)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Leucorrhinia albifrons is widespread across Russia, Central Europe and South Fennoscandia. It occurs in a variety of freshwater habitats and there are no widespread threats affecting the global population at present. Currently Least Concern.

History:

1996	–	Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994	–	Indeterminate (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Indeterminate (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	South Fennoscandia, Central Europe, and Russia to Siberia.
Countries:	Native: Austria; Belarus; Czech Republic; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Russian Federation; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine Regionally extinct: Denmark
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Population [top]

Population:	Very large: a common species.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Many kinds of mostly shallow waters with floating vegetation, not in too nutrient-rich waters.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat loss due to eutrophication.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat loss due to eutrophication.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	On the FHH-list in the EU, protected in some European countries.

Conservation Actions:

On the FHH-list in the EU, protected in some European countries.

Citation:	Sahlén, G. 2006. Leucorrhinia albifrons. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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