Ischnura cervula

{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Ischnura cervula-Female-1.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Paulson, D.R. |date=2018 |title=Ischnura cervula |volume=2018 |page=e.T51361508A65836759 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T51361508A65836759.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Ischnura

| species = cervula

| authority = Selys, 1876

}}

Ischnura cervula, the Pacific forktail, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

The IUCN conservation status of Ischnura cervula is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2018.

File:Ischnura cervula-male-3.jpg

File:Pacific Forktail - Ischnura cervula, Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, Alamo, Nevada - 16579200222.jpg

References

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{{Cite web| title=Ischnura cervula Report

| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=102080

| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System

| accessdate=2019-09-23

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{{Cite web| title=Ischnura cervula

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1423285

| website=GBIF

| accessdate=2019-09-23

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{{Cite web| title=Ischnura cervula species Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/6535

| website=BugGuide.net

| accessdate=2019-09-23

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{{Cite web

| accessdate = 2019-07-02

| title = Odonata Central

| url = https://www.odonatacentral.org/

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{{Cite web

| accessdate = 2019-07-02

| title = World Odonata List

| date = 2018

| publisher = Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound

| url = https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/

}}

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite thesis

| title = Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae

| date = 2013

| last1 = Kalkman | first1 = V. J.

| publisher = Leiden University

| hdl=1887/22953

| hdl-access=free

| type=PhD

}}

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