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

Endangered

Pyrrhosoma elisabethae

Pyrrhosoma elisabethae

Pyrrhosoma elisabethae is a damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae (order Odonata), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Pyrrhosoma elisabethae
Taxonomy
Insecta · Odonata · Coenagrionidae · Pyrrhosoma

The 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

The damselfly finds its habitat in rivers. It is found in Albania and Greece. 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

Pyrrhosoma elisabethae 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 Pyrrhosoma elisabethae — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q1305877. 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 Pyrrhosoma elisabethae?
Pyrrhosoma elisabethae is a damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae (order Odonata).
What is the conservation status of Pyrrhosoma elisabethae?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Pyrrhosoma elisabethae. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Pyrrhosoma elisabethae live?
The damselfly finds its habitat in rivers.
Why is Pyrrhosoma elisabethae in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Pyrrhosoma elisabethae?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Pyrrhosoma elisabethae a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.