Austroagrion exclamationis

Northern billabongfly
Male, Queensland
Female, Queensland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Austroagrion
Species:
A. exclamationis
Binomial name
Austroagrion exclamationis
Campion, 1915[2]

Austroagrion exclamationis is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae,[3] commonly known as a northern billabongfly.[4] It is a small damselfly; the male is blue and black.[4] It has been recorded from New Guinea and northern Australia,[5] where it inhabits streams and still water.[6]

Etymology

The genus name Austroagrion combines the prefix austro- (from Latin auster, meaning "south wind", hence "southern") with Agrion, a genus name derived from Greek ἄγριος (agrios, "wild"). Austroagrion thus refers to a southern representative of that group.[7]

The species name exclamationis is derived from the Latin exclamatio ("exclamation"), referring to the marking on segment 3 of its abdomen.[2][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kalkman, V. (2009). "Austroagrion exclamationis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009 e.T163933A5669502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163933A5669502.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Campion, H. (1915). "A new agrionine dragonfly from northern Australia". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. 16 (92): 105–108 [106]. doi:10.1080/00222931508693694 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ "Species Austroagrion exclamationis Campion, 1915". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  4. 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
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