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

Endangered

Ischnura gemina

Ischnura gemina

Ischnura gemina is a damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae (order Odonata), recorded as Endangered and tied to United States.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Ischnura gemina
Recorded from
United States
Taxonomy
Insecta · Odonata · Coenagrionidae · Ischnura

The damselfly

Ischnura gemina is a damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae (order Odonata).

Range and habitat

It is endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area in California in the United States. This uncommon insect has a total range of less than 500 square miles in the Bay Area, occurring only in greater San Francisco and parts of San Mateo and Marin Counties.

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

Ischnura gemina 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 Ischnura gemina, Wikidata item Q307167. 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 Ischnura gemina?
Ischnura gemina is a damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae (order Odonata).
What is the conservation status of Ischnura gemina?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Ischnura gemina. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Ischnura gemina live?
This uncommon insect has a total range of less than 500 square miles in the Bay Area, occurring only in greater San Francisco and parts of San Mateo and Marin Counties.
Why is Ischnura gemina in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Ischnura gemina?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Ischnura gemina a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.