Biology:Austrocnemis maccullochi

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Short description: Species of damselfly

Tiny longlegs
Male tiny longlegs, Cairns
Female, Cairns
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Austrocnemis
Species:
A. maccullochi
Binomial name
Austrocnemis maccullochi
(Tillyard, 1926)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Agriocnemis maccullochi Tillyard, 1926

Austrocnemis maccullochi is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae,[4] commonly known as a tiny longlegs.[5] It is a tiny damselfly, bronze-black in colour with very long legs.[5] It occurs across coastal northern Australia and New Guinea,[6] where it inhabits still waters.[7]

Etymology

The genus name Austrocnemis combines austro- (Latin for "southern") with -cnemis, from Greek κνημίς (knēmis, "legging"), originally referring to leg structure.[8]

In 1926, Robin Tillyard named this species maccullochi, an eponym honouring its collector, the late Allan Riverstone McCulloch (1885–1925), a noted systematic ichthyologist at the Australian Museum, Sydney.[2][9][10]

See also

  • List of Odonata species of Australia

References

  1. ↑ Dow, R.A. (2017). "Austrocnemis maccullochi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T87533424A87534076.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87533424/87534076. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tillyard, R.J. (1926). "On a collection of Papuan dragonflies (Odonata) made by the late Mr. Allan R. McCulloch in 1922–3, with descriptions of new species". Records of the Australian Museum 15 (2): 157–166 [160]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.15.1926.806. 
  3. ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 
  4. ↑ "Species Austrocnemis maccullochi (Tillyard, 1926)". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Austrocnemis_maccullochi. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6. 
  6. ↑ 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 0-643-05136-8. 
  7. ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3. https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/publications/09730AustOdonata.pdf. 
  8. ↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283318421_The_Naming_of_Australia's_Dragonflies. 
  9. ↑ Endersby, Ian (2012). "Etymology of the Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S.". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 134: 1-16. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/LIN/article/view/5941. 
  10. ↑ Hämäläinen, Matti (9 February 2016). "Catalogue of individuals commemorated in the scientific names of extant dragonflies, including lists of all available eponymous species-group and genus-group names – Revised edition". International Dragonfly Fund Report 92: 1–132. ISSN 1435-3393. https://dragonflyfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IDF_Report_92_Haemaelaeinen_2016.pdf. 

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