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Macrodiplax balteata (Hagen, 1861)

Common Skimmer

Record based on exiuvium of one nymph from lagoons west of Villamil; littoral-arid zone; January. Needham and Westfall (1955) report hat this small species is the only member of the genus in the New World. Confirmation of the record is needed to learn if it is established in the Galápagos

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Odonata

Suborder
Anisoptera

Superfamily
Libelluloidea

Family
Libellulidae

Genus
Macrodiplax

Species
balteata

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Isabela.

References

Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Macrodiplax balteata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10252. Accessed 5 November 2026.