Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00252
Megalagrion paludicola
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About Megalagrion paludicola
Megalagrion paludicola is associated with standing-water breeding habitats, and the comparative study records lance-shaped larval gills.
Immature habitat and life history
Megalagrion paludicola is associated with standing-water breeding habitats, and the comparative study records lance-shaped larval gills. Modern material includes the Alakaʻi Swamp Trail. These details place its immature ecology more precisely than a general label of “stream damselfly.” The name and collection locality do not establish the water depth, hydroperiod, or present size of any breeding population; those require observations at the site.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Modern specimen and survey records document Megalagrion paludicola 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 paludicola
- 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 paludicola is associated with standing-water breeding habitats, and the comparative study records lance-shaped larval gills.