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Pantala flavescens

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA ARTHROPODA INSECTA ODONATA LIBELLULIDAE

Scientific Name: Pantala flavescens
Species Authority: (Fabricius, 1798)
Common Name(s):
English – Wandering Glider, Globe Skimmer, Globe Wanderer
French – Libellule Globe Trotter, Pantale Flavescente
Synonym(s):
Libellula analis Burmeister, 1839
Libellula flavescens Fabricius, 1798
Libellula terminalis Burmeister, 1839
Libellula viridula Palisot de Beauvois, 1807

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2013
Date Assessed: 2012-04-10
Assessor(s): Boudot, J.-P., Clausnitzer, V., Samraoui, B., Suhling, F., Dijkstra, K.-D.B. & Schneider, W.
Reviewer(s): García, N., Tognelli, M. & Suhling, F.
Facilitator/Compiler(s): Alomari, K.
Justification:
This is a widespread species with no known major widespread threats that is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a threatened category. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern.
History:
2009 – Least Concern
2006 – Least Concern (IUCN 2006)
2006 – Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Pantala flavescens is a circumtropical species known from all continents crossed by the equator. It is an obligate migrant of which the migrations are linked to the monsoon front and which is commonly recorded from all African countries pertaining to the Afrotropics (including Madagascar and the nearby islands), except Djibouti and Eritrea where it should be present but records still missing. Further north, small numbers of migrants have been found in all other African countries, except Libya and Western Sahara (obviously due to a too low field work pressure). Out of Africa, the species is commonly found in the Arabian Peninsula and all the Middle East and reaches occasionally the south of Europe (Montenegro, Rhodes Island, mainland Greece at the Turkish border and the European Turkey, north Caucasus area). In the Americas, the species is widespread in the whole Neotropics and migrations reaches the southeast of Canada throughout the whole northern America, except the northwest of the USA and Alaska. In Asia, the species is known to reach north up to Central Asia, southern Siberia, Kamchatka and Japan, and south up to Australia.
Countries:
Native:
Angola (Angola, Angola, Cabinda); Argentina; Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia); Bahamas; Belize; Benin; Bhutan; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Botswana; Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Burkina Faso; Cambodia; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chile; China; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Equatorial Guinea (mainland)); Ethiopia; French Guiana; French Polynesia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia (Jawa, Sumatera); Jamaica; Kenya; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Martinique; Mauritius (Mauritius (main island), Rodrigues); Mayotte; Mexico; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia (Caprivi Strip, Namibia (main part)); New Caledonia; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea (main island group)); Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Réunion; Rwanda; Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Sao Tomé and Principe (Principe, Sâo Tomé); Senegal; Seychelles (Aldabra, Seychelles (main island group)); Sierra Leone; Singapore; Solomon Islands; South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape Province, North-West Province, Western Cape); South Sudan; Sri Lanka; Suriname; Swaziland; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Togo; Trinidad and Tobago; Uganda; Uruguay; Vanuatu; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Viet Nam; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Vagrant:
Afghanistan; Algeria; Armenia (Armenia, Armenia); Azerbaijan; Canada; Cape Verde; Chad; Cyprus; Egypt (Egypt (African part), Sinai); Georgia (Abkhaziya); Greece (East Aegean Is., Greece (mainland)); Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; Mali; Mauritania; Montenegro; Morocco; Nepal; Niger; Oman; Pakistan; Qatar; Russian Federation (Central European Russia, Chita, Dagestan - Native, Kabardino-Balkariya, Kamchatka, Kuril Is., Primoryi, Sakhalin); Saudi Arabia; Somalia; Sudan; Syrian Arab Republic; Tajikistan; Tunisia; Turkey (Turkey-in-Asia, Turkey-in-Europe); Turkmenistan; United Arab Emirates; United States (Georgia); Uzbekistan; Yemen (North Yemen, Socotra, South Yemen)
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Population [top]

Population: The species is common in very huge numbers throughout its tropical range.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: The species is an obligate migrant that is linked to the monsoon front of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). It used commonly temporary pools and ponds watered by monsoon rainfalls but may occasionally breed in permanent water.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): No present threats are known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: No conservation action is needed needed for this very widespread species.
Citation: Boudot, J.-P., Clausnitzer, V., Samraoui, B., Suhling, F., Dijkstra, K.-D.B. & Schneider, W. 2013. Pantala flavescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2015.
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