A male Ornate Pennant from Cambpell Lake, South Carolina (5/28/2009). In Maryland, Ornate Pennant only occurs at one site in Anne Arundel County.
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An Ornate Pennant in Sarasota Co., Florida (5/8/2011).
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A female Ornate Pennant in Jasper Co., Texas (4/1/2011).
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Terry Hibbitts
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5 Records
Status
Ornate Pennant (Celithemis ornata) is known from a single site in Anne Arundel County with our most recent records from June 1996. This species has hybridized occasionally with Martha's Pennants (Celithemis martha) at that location (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia). It prefers sandy lakes or ponds with grassy margins (Paulson, 2011).
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A male Ornate Pennant from Cambpell Lake, South Carolina (5/28/2009). In Maryland, Ornate Pennant only occurs at one site in Anne Arundel County.
Media by
Steve Collins.
An Ornate Pennant in Sarasota Co., Florida (5/8/2011).
Media by
Dan Irizarry.
A female Ornate Pennant in Jasper Co., Texas (4/1/2011).
Media by
Terry Hibbitts.
Source: Wikipedia
| Celithemis ornata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Celithemis |
| Species: | C. ornata
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| Binomial name | |
| Celithemis ornata (Rambur, 1842)
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Celithemis ornata, known generally as the ornate pennant or faded pennant, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America.[2][3][1][4]
The IUCN conservation status of Celithemis ornata is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.[1][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Celithemis ornata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T51273072A80696807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T51273072A80696807.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Celithemis ornata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Celithemis ornata". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Celithemis ornata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
[edit]- Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.
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