Overview
Distribution
National Distribution
Canada
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Enallagma civile
No available public DNA sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Enallagma civile
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 24
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
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NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
Environmental Specificity: Broad. Generalist or community with all key requirements common.
Comments: This species has broad habitat tolerance requiring intermediate floating plant richness, an intermediate to broad emergent zone width, intermediate to high tolerance to disturbance, and intermediate to coarse substrates (Butler and deMaynadier, 2008).
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Wikipedia
Familiar Bluet
The Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae, native to much of the United States and southern Canada.
References
- "Enallagma civile". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=102122. Retrieved 9 February 2006.
- Lam, E. (2004) Damselflies of the Northeast. Forest Hills, NY:Biodiversity Books. p. 72.
Unreviewed
Names and Taxonomy
Taxonomy
Comments: This genus is in need of thorough taxonomic and phylogenetic study; some of the subgroups may deserve taxonomic recognition (Westfall and May, 1996). Hybridization found with Enallagma anna in Ontario and Iowa (Donnelly, 2000).
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