Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00251
Megalagrion oresitrophum
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About Megalagrion oresitrophum
Megalagrion oresitrophum is placed among standing-water breeders in the comparative study, with leaf-like larval gills.
Immature habitat and life history
Megalagrion oresitrophum is placed among standing-water breeders in the comparative study, with leaf-like larval gills. The published material includes a 2022 Kauaʻikinanā Stream specimen. A collection beside a named stream and a standing-water breeding classification are not contradictory: the name of a drainage does not specify the small habitat occupied by larvae. Its recorded occurrence should therefore be distinguished from a claim that larvae live in the fastest current.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Modern specimen and survey records document Megalagrion oresitrophum on Kauaʻi.
Evidence limits
The cited observations describe the evidence currently available for this account. They do not establish a complete life history or a measured current Kauaʻi population trend.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Megalagrion oresitrophum
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Order
- Odonata
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Endemic — Kauaʻi
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Megalagrion oresitrophum is placed among standing-water breeders in the comparative study, with leaf-like larval gills.