Leucorrhinia albifrons, the dark whiteface, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Austria, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ukraine. Its natural habitats are shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Dark whiteface | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Leucorrhinia |
Species: | L. albifrons
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Binomial name | |
Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839)
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References
edit- ^ Clausnitzer, V. (2020). "Leucorrhinia albifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T11911A140567924. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T11911A140567924.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.