San Francisco forktail

(Ischnura gemina)

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Description

schnura gemina is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae known by the common name San Francisco forktail.It is endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area in California in the United States.This uncommon insect has a total range of less than 500 square miles in the Bay Area,occurring only in greater San Francisco and parts of San Mateo and Marin Counties.This species is "one of the rarest Odonates in the United States

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Odonata
Family:Coenagrionidae
Genus:Ischnura
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