Biology:Austroagrion

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Short description: Genus of damselflies

Austroagrion
Austroagrion watsoni m.jpg
Austroagrion watsoni
Sydney, Australia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Austroagrion
Tillyard, 1913[1]
Austroagrion distribution map.svg

Austroagrion is a genus of damselflies belonging to the family Coenagrionidae.[2] Species of Austroagrion are small damselflies; males are black with blue or green markings while females are paler.[3] Austroagrion occurs in Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and Australia .[4]

Species

The genus Austroagrion includes the following species:[5]

References

  1. Tillyard, R.J. (1913). "On some new and rare Australian Agrionidae (Odonata)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37 (1912): 404–479 [466]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2903698. 
  2. "Genus Austroagrion Tillyard, 1913". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Austroagrion. 
  3. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 290. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6. 
  4. Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368. 
  5. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2795819 entry