''Leucorrhinia proxima'', the belted whiteface or red-waisted whiteface, is a species of
dragonfly
A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonfly are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threate ...
in the family
Libellulidae
The skimmers or perchers and their relatives form the Libellulidae, the largest dragonfly family in the world. It is sometimes considered to contain the Corduliidae as the subfamily Corduliinae and the Macromiidae as the subfamily Macromiinae. Ev ...
. It is found across Canada as far north as
Alaska and south to northern parts of the United States.
[Dunkle, S.W. 2000. Dragonflies through Binoculars, Toronto:Oxford University Press.]
References
Libellulidae
Insects described in 1890
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