Argiocnemis rubescens
Argiocnemis rubescens | |
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Male, Queensland | |
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Female | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Coenagrionidae |
Genus: | Argiocnemis |
Species: | A. rubescens
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Binomial name | |
Argiocnemis rubescens | |
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Argiocnemis rubescens is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae,[2] commonly known as the red-tipped shadefly.[3] It is a widespread species extending from India to southern China, south-east Asia, New Guinea and Australia.[3]
Argiocnemis rubescens prefers fresh still waters such as pools, marshes and swamps. The adult is a small to medium-sized damselfly with a length of 35 to 40mm, and the hindwing less than 22mm. When immature it is a pale reddish brown. The mature male is dark with pale green stripes on the thorax, and red on segments 8 and 9. In Australia, the distribution is in suitable habitat from Shark Bay in the west, across the north of the continent, to about Point Hicks in the south-east.[3] The taxon has been assessed in the IUCN Red List as least concern.
Etymology
[edit]The species name rubescens is a Latin word meaning reddish. Edmond de Sélys Longchamps named this species of damselfly after the colour of the upper surface of its abdomen.[1][4]
Gallery
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Young male
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Young female
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Female
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Illustration of wing with inset depicting the anal vein (1A) leaving the margin on the basal side of the anal crossing vein (Ac). This is a characteristic of the genus.
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Photo of female wings
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Photo of male wings
References
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- ^ a b Selys-Longchamps, E. (1877). "Synopsis des Agrionines, 5me légion: Agrion (suite et fin). Les genres Telebasis, Argiocnemis et Hemiphlebia". Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Académie Royale de Belgique. 2 (in French). 43: 97–159 [136] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Species Argiocnemis rubescens Selys, 1877". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ a b c Theischinger, G; Hawking, J (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
- ^ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.