Pantala flavescens

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Pantala flavescens:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 14
Species With Barcodes: 1

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IUCN Red List Assessment:

Red List Category

Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2013

Assessor/s

Boudot, J.-P., Clausnitzer, V., Samraoui, B., Suhling, F., Dijkstra, K.-D.B. & Schneider, W.

Reviewer/s

Garca, N., Tognelli, M. & Suhling, F.

Contributor/s

Justification

This is a widespread species with no known major widespread threats that is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a threatened category. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern.

History

2009

Least Concern (LC)
2006

Least Concern (LC)

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National NatureServe Conservation Status:

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

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General Description:

Pantala flavescens, or wandering glider, is a cosmopolitan dragonfly present on every continent but Antarctica. This ubiquitous dragonfly is common in most dragonfly collections. Medium sized, it's easily recognized by its colouration and the trapezoidal shape of its pterostigma.

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NatureServe Conservation Status:

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

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Range Description:

Pantala flavescens is a circumtropical species known from all continents crossed by the equator. It is an obligate migrant of which the migrations are linked to themonsoonfront and which is commonly recorded from all African countries pertaining to the Afrotropics (including Madagascar and the nearby islands), except Djibouti andEritreawhere it should be present but records still missing. Further north, small numbers of migrants have been found in all other African countries, except Libya andWesternSahara (obviously due to a too low field work pressure). Out of Africa, the species is commonly found in the Arabian Peninsula and all the Middle East and reaches occasionally the south of Europe (Montenegro,RhodesIsland, mainland Greece at the Turkish border and the European Turkey, north Caucasus area). In the Americas, the species is widespread in the whole Neotropics and migrations reaches the southeast of Canada throughout the whole northern America, except the northwest of the USA and Alaska. In Asia, the species is known to reach north up to Central Asia, southern Siberia, Kamchatka and Japan, and south up to Australia.

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Conservation Status:

"Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Assessed: 2009 Assessor/s: Clausnitzer, V. & Suhling, F. Reviewer/s: Kipping, J. & Simaika, J. Justification: Pantala flavescens is listed as Least Concern in view of its extremely wide distribution, and because it is unlikely to be declining at a rate fast enough to qualify for listing in a threatened category. Conservation Actions: No conservation measures are in place or are needed for this species at present."

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occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

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Population:

Population

The species is common in very huge numbers throughout its tropical range.

Population Trend

Stable

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National Distribution:

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round