Megalagrion oahuense

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	ARTHROPODA	INSECTA	ODONATA	COENAGRIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Megalagrion oahuense

Species Authority:

(Blackburn, 1884)

Common Name/s:

English

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Oahu Damselfly

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Published:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Odonata Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1994	–	Indeterminate (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:	Islands of Lanai and Maui, Hawaiian Islands.
Countries:	Native: United States (Hawaiian Is.)
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Population [top]

Population:	Unknown.

Population:

Unknown.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Upland ridges.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Feral ungulates; ants.

Major Threat(s):

Feral ungulates; ants.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Protection of forest by state management.

Conservation Actions:

Protection of forest by state management.

Bibliography [top]

	Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN. 1990. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Polhemus, D.A. and Asquith, A. 1996. Hawaiian Damselflies. A field identification guide. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Polhemus, D.A. and Asquith, A. 1996. Hawaiian Damselflies. A field identification guide. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.

Citation:	Odonata Specialist Group 1996. Megalagrion oahuense. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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