Macrothemis celeno, Selys, 1857

Rogers, D. Christopher & Cruz-Rivera, Edwin, 2021, A preliminary survey of the inland aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Journal of Natural History 55 (13 - 14), pp. 799-850 : 821

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2021.1923850

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scientific name

Macrothemis celeno
status

 

Macrothemis celeno View in CoL (Selys in Sagra, 1857)

We found both adults and nymphs on St. Thomas, only at Spring Road at the spring head. The small adults are brown to black with a reddish thorax. The adults were in sunny, open breaks in the canopy, but always close to the water. Donnelly (2002) stated that this species is rare, giving records on St. Thomas from ‘Lovenlund Creek’ (possibly Mahogany Run ghut), and from St. John at L’Esperance Spring. This libellulid is a Caribbean endemic ( Ramírez et al. 2020).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Libellulidae

Genus

Macrothemis

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