Ceriagrion tenellum (de Villers, 1789)
(Small Red Damselfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCeriagrion tenellum (Small Red Damselfly)
FamilyCOENAGRIONIDAE (red and blue damselflies, and demoiselles)
SuborderZYGOPTERA (damselflies)
OrderODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies)
InfraclassPalaeoptera (dragonflies, damselflies and mayflies)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ceriagrion tenellum (Small Red Damselfly) :
1: Ceriagrion tenellum (Small Red Damselfly)
12 Jul 1975 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
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Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gibbons, B. 2002 Small Red Damselfly Vol 13, No. 3 Page: 174

Ceriagrion tenellum (Small Red Damselfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ceriagrion tenellum (Small Red Damselfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ceriagrion tenellum (Small Red Damselfly)
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