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1227:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
1188:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
1112:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
905:β vagrant darter, moustached darter
1654:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
1078:. DragonflyPix.com. Archived from
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1011:. University of Puget Sound. 2009
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404:β black darter, black meadowhawk
278:includes the following species:
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936:Dragonflies of North America
1716:Taxa named by Edward Newman
373:β saffron-winged meadowhawk
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1048:British Dragonfly Society
1044:"Checklist of UK Species"
601:β cherry-faced meadowhawk
419:Sympetrum depressiusculum
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1009:"North American Odonata"
801:β band-winged meadowhawk
686:β white-faced meadowhawk
1255:Paulson, D. R. (2009).
632:β red-veined meadowhawk
362:β variegated meadowhawk
346:Sympetrum cordulegaster
291:β blue-faced meadowhawk
1294:Dunkle, S. W. (2000).
1259:Sympetrum nigrocreatum
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732:Sympetrum pedemontanum
665:β Talamanca meadowhawk
659:Sympetrum nigrocreatum
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570:β cardinal meadowhawk
544:Sympetrum himalayanum
409:Sympetrum darwinianum
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837:Sympetrum striolatum
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806:Sympetrum signiferum
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707:β striped meadowhawk
648:Sympetrum nigrifemur
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533:Sympetrum haritonovi
461:Sympetrum evanescens
367:Sympetrum costiferum
306:Sympetrum arenicolor
16:Genus of dragonflies
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827:Sympetrum speciosum
691:Sympetrum orientale
616:Sympetrum maculatum
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471:Sympetrum flaveolum
436:β St. Helena darter
430:Sympetrum dilatatum
388:Sympetrum daliensis
378:Sympetrum croceolum
356:Sympetrum corruptum
336:Sympetrum commixtum
244:Northern Hemisphere
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643:β southern darter
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