Leucorrhinia albifrons
species of dragonfly
Leucorrhinia albifrons, the dark whiteface, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Austria, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ukraine. Its natural habitats are shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Taxonomy
The dark whiteface was described as Libellula caudalis by the German entomologist Hermann Burmeister in 1839. It is known in English as the dark whiteface or the eastern white-faced darter.
Description
It is a medium-sized Leucorrhinia dragonfly with a dark, dull appearance. The males appear frosted bluish-grey. It can be distinguished from other species in its genus by the white patches on its labium. It is smaller and sleeker than the lilypad whiteface, with a shorter and more diffuse ring at the base of the abdomen.
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