Common Whitetail or Long-Tailed Skimmer
Plathemis lydia (Drury, 1773)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Odonata |
| Family | Libellulidae |
| Genus | Plathemis |
| Species | Plathemis lydia (Drury, 1773) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Missouri.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Missouri
Counties
- Missouri
- Jasper
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2017.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- New Brunswick
- S5 Secure
- Saskatchewan
- SNR Unranked
- Prince Edward Island
- S5 Secure
- British Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
- Manitoba
- S2 Imperiled
- Nova Scotia
- S5 Secure
- Quebec
- S5 Secure
- South Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- Colorado
- S5 Secure
- Massachusetts
- S5 Secure
- Idaho
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- SNR Unranked
- New Mexico
- SNR Unranked
- ME
- S5 Secure
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Utah
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Wyoming
- SNR Unranked
- ND
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- District of Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Ohio
- S5 Secure
- Louisiana
- SNR Unranked
- NJ
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Nevada
- SNR Unranked
- Montana
- S5 Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- NH
- SNR Unranked
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Oregon
- SNR Unranked
- RI
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- SNR Unranked
- NE
- SNR Unranked
- Connecticut
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- Washington
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- S5 Secure
- California
- SNR Unranked
- DE
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Arizona
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Garman, S. 1889. Cave animals from southwestern Missouri. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 17: 225–240. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4632250.
How to cite this account
Plathemis lydia (Drury, 1773). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2829. https://cavebiology.org/species/plathemis-lydia/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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