Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Drepanosticta adami (Drepanosticta adami), recorded as Endangered
Drepanosticta adami (Drepanosticta adami). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Drepanosticta adami

Drepanosticta adami

Drepanosticta adami is a dragonfly or damselfly in the family Platystictidae (order Odonata), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Drepanosticta adami
Taxonomy
Insecta · Odonata · Platystictidae · Ceylonosticta

The dragonfly or damselfly

Dragonflies and damselflies are aerial predators as adults and aquatic predators as nymphs. Both stages need unpolluted water.

An insect has six legs and, in winged forms, one or two pairs of wings. Most named species in this catalog are known from a type series and a locality, not from a popular field guide.

Range and habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Life history

Life history follows the order: complete metamorphosis in moths and beetles, nymphs in grasshoppers and bugs. This page does not invent a host plant that no source named.

In crisis

Drepanosticta adami is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Drepanosticta adami — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q1307667. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Drepanosticta adami?
Drepanosticta adami is a dragonfly or damselfly in the family Platystictidae (order Odonata).
What is the conservation status of Drepanosticta adami?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Drepanosticta adami. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Drepanosticta adami live?
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.
Why is Drepanosticta adami in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Drepanosticta adami?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Drepanosticta adami a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.