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Megalagrion adytum

Adytum Swamp Damselfly

Endemic to HawaiʻiIUCN: least concerncritically imperiled

Photo: (c) Oscar Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Oscar Johnson (iNaturalist)

14

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1894

First collected

1995

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Megalagrion adytum, most mentions first.

  1. 2005

    Bibliography of and new taxa proposed by R.C.L. Perkins (1866-1955)

    Evenhuis, N.L. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  2. 2000

    Assessment of the impacts of rainbow trout predation on native aquatic species within Koke‘e State Park, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i

    Englund, R.A., D.A. Polhemus & D.J. Preston · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Two centuries of collecting

1890s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1894 by [Perkins, R.C.L.] (Mts. Waimea). The Museum last collected it in 1995; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as June 25, 2026.

Alive today

15 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.