BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Macromia magnifica
Western River Cruiser
| Scientific Name: | Macromia magnifica McLachlan in Selys, 1874 | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Western River Cruiser | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Paulson, D.R. and S.W. Dunkle. 1999. A checklist of North American Odonata. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound Occasional Paper, 56: 86 pp. Available: http://www.ups.edu/x7015.xml. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Invertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | OD-MACMAG | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5 (Nov 2004) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S3 (Mar 2023) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Blue | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 3 - Sensitive (2005) | ||||||||||
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Nonmigrant: Local Migrant: Distant Migrant: Within Borders Migrant: |
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| Habitats: (Type / Subtype / Dependence) |
Lakes / Lake / Facultative - frequent use
Lakes / Pond/Open Water / Facultative - frequent use Stream/River / Stream/River / Facultative - frequent use |
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| Provincial Habitat Comments: |
Warm lake margins and sandy rivers (Cannings 2002b). |
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| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Cannings, R.A. 2002b. Introducing the dragonflies of British Columbia and the Yukon. Royal B.C. Mus., Victoria, BC. 96pp. |
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Cannings, R.A., S.G. Cannings, and L. Ramsay. 2000. The Dragonflies of the Columbia Basin, British Columbia. Royal B.C. Mus. 287pp. |
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Cannings, S.G. 2003. Status of Western River Cruiser (Macromia magnifica McLachlan) in British Columbia. B.C.Minist. Water, Land and Air Prot., Biodiversity Branch, and B.C. Minist. Sustainable Resour. Manage., Conservation Data Centre, Victoria, BC. Wildl. Bull. B-111. 30pp. |
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Ramsay, L.R., and S.G. Cannings. 2000. Dragonflies at Risk in British Columbia. Pp. 89-92 in L.M. Darling, ed. 2000. Proc. Conf. on the Biology and Manage. Species and Habitats at Risk, Kamloops, B.C., 15 - 19 Feb., 1999. Vol. 1; B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Victoria, BC, and Univ. College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, BC. 490pp. |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Macromia magnifica. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 13, 2026).