Biology:Caliagrion

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Caliagrion is a monotypic genus of damselflies belonging to the family Coenagrionidae.[1] The single species of this genus, Caliagrion billinghursti,[2] is commonly known as a large riverdamsel,[3] and is endemic to south-eastern Australia, where it inhabits slow-flowing rivers and ponds. [4]

Caliagrion billinghursti is a large damselfly; the male is coloured bright blue with black, while the female is yellow and black.[3]

Etymology

The genus name Caliagrion is derived from the Greek καλός (kalos, "beautiful" or "good") combined with Agrion, a genus name derived from the Greek ἄγριος (agrios, "wild").[5]

In 1901, René Martin named the species billinghursti, an eponym honouring its collector, Farncombe Lovett Billinghurst (1859-1937), of Alexandra, Victoria.[6][5][7]

  • Female Caliagrion billinghursti wings
    Female Caliagrion billinghursti wings
  • Male Caliagrion billinghursti wings
    Male Caliagrion billinghursti wings

References

  1. ↑ "Genus Caliagrion Tillyard, 1913". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Caliagrion. 
  2. ↑ "Species Caliagrion billinghursti (Martin, 1901)". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Caliagrion_billinghursti. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 88. 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 978-0-643-05136-2. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 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. 
  6. ↑ Martin, R. (1901). "Les odonates du continent australien" (in fr). Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 14: 220–248 [246]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10101243. 
  7. ↑ 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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