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Calopteryx angustipennis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA ARTHROPODA INSECTA ODONATA CALOPTERYGIDAE

Scientific Name: Calopteryx angustipennis
Species Authority: (Selys, 1853)
Common Name/s:
English – Appalachian Jewelwing
Synonym/s:
Sylphis elegans (Hagen in Selys, 1853)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2006
Assessor/s: Abbott, J.C.
Reviewer/s: Clausnitzer, V., Donnelly, N. & Suhling, F. (Odonata Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Calopteryx angustipennis was initially red listed because it was thought to be uncommon and “..rarely taken by collectors” (Westfall and May 1996). Its distribution is better understood now and it is a widespread and at least locally common species that no longer deserves special concern. Therefore, it is downgraded to Least Concern.
History:
1994 – Rare (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Indeterminate (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Endemic to the United States.
Countries:
Native:
United States (Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)
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Population [top]

Population: Current population size is unknown.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Rapid riffles of larger streams (Westfall and May 1996). Small rivers and large streams, particularly at rapids and riffles (Lam 2004).
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): None currently known.
Citation: Abbott, J.C. 2006. Calopteryx angustipennis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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