Nothodiplax dendrophila

Nothodiplax dendrophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Nothodiplax
Species: N. dendrophila
Binomial name
Nothodiplax dendrophila
Belle, 1984

Nothodiplax dendrophila, the canopy skimmer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is endemic to Suriname. Its natural habitat is gallery forest with adults occasionally flying down to low bank vegetation of sand-bottomed streams.

References

  • von Ellenrieder, N. & Paulson, D. 2005. Nothodiplax dendrophila. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
  • Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.


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