Libellula auripennis

Libellula auripennis, the golden-winged skimmer, is a species of skimmer in the family Libellulidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2]

Libellula auripennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Libellula
Species:	L. auripennis
Binomial name
Libellula auripennis Burmeister, 1839

The IUCN conservation status of Libellula auripennis is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[3][4][5]

Golden-winged Skimmer, Libellula auripennis, Okefenokee Swamp, GA, USA[6]

Golden-winged Skimmer, Libellula auripennis, Merritt Island, FL, USA[6]

References

1. "Libellula auripennis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
2. "Libellula auripennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
3. "List of Endangered Species". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
4. "Odonata Central". Odonata Central, University of Alabama. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
5. Ball-Damerow JE, Oboyski PT, Resh VH (2015). "California dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) database: temporal and spatial distribution of species records collected over the past century". ZooKeys 482: 67-89.
6. "Images and collection data for Libellula auripennis". Pictures from Earth. Retrieved 2018-02-04.

• Garrison, Rosser W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1997). "Odonata". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders, 551-580.
• Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle (1999). "A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56, 88.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.