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Nehalennia
Nehalennia gracilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Nehalennia Selys, 1850

Nehalennia is a genus of very small damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. Most of the species are commonly known as Sprites. One species, N. speciosa occurs in Eurasia; the rest in North and South America.

This genus contains the following six species:

• Nehalennia gracilis Morse, 1895 – sphagnum sprite
• Nehalennia integricollis Calvert, 1913 – southern sprite
• Nehalennia irene (Hagen, 1861) – sedge sprite
• Nehalennia minuta (Selys in Sagra, 1857) – tropical sprite
• Nehalennia pallidula Calvert, 1913 – Everglades sprite
• Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840) – pygmy damselfly, sedgling

References

1. Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
2. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
3. ^ "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
4. Bernard, R. & Wildermuth, H. (2006). "Nehalennia speciosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60265A12336089. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60265A12336089.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

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