Biology:Leptobasis lucifer
Leptobasis lucifer | |
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A male L. lucifer in Loxahatchee NWR, Palm Beach County, FL. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Coenagrionidae |
Genus: | Leptobasis |
Species: | L. lucifer
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Binomial name | |
Leptobasis lucifer (Donnelly, 1967)
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Leptobasis lucifer, commonly referred to as lucifer swampdamsel, is a relatively long and slender species of narrow-winged damselfly in the genus Leptobasis found in Central America, southern parts of Mexico, as well as locally in Southern Florida.[1] L. lucifer prefers swampy woodland habitats, such as cypress swamps and tend to hunt near trees, scanning and hovering around leaves in search for prey.[1] Males have black striping on a green thorax with a bright red patch near the end of the abdomen,[1] whereas females are more variable: ranging from dull greenish brown, to blue and reddish orange, to even green with a blue ring around the abdomen. Adult females of this species have a large ovipositor and immatures of both sexes have pale blueish in replacement for any green or greenish patches that would be visible in the adult stage.[1]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Paulson, Dennis, 1937- (2011). Dragonflies and damselflies of the East. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-3966-7. OCLC 758374336. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758374336.
Wikidata ☰ Q2424262 entry
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