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Coenagrion hastulatum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Coenagrion
Species:	C. hastulatum
Binomial name
Coenagrion hastulatum Charpentier, 1825

Coenagrion hastulatum, the northern damselfly or spearhead bluet, is a damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.

The species is widespread and common in northern Eurasia but is restricted to elevated or bog-like sites towards the west and south. In Britain, it is confined to a few small lochans in Scotland.

Coenagrion hastulatum is 31–33 millimetres (1.2–1.3 in) long.

The specific part of the scientific name, hastulatum, from the Latin hastula (small spear) is because of the distinctive markings on the second segment of the abdomen that resembles a spear.

References

1. Clausnitzer, V. (2020). "Coenagrion hastulatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T158706A138874817. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T158706A138874817.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Clausnitzer, V. (2009). "Coenagrion hastulatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158706A5268760. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158706A5268760.en.
3. "Northern Damselfly". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
4. "speerwaterjuffer" (in Dutch). Libellennet. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
5. Costantino D'Antonio & Francesca Vegliante. "Derivatio nominis libellularum europæarum" (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 3 August 2010.

External links

• Media related to Coenagrion hastulatum at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Coenagrion hastulatum at Wikispecies

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