Austrocnemis maccullochi

Tiny longlegs
Male tiny longlegs, Cairns
Female, Cairns
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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

References

  1. ↑ Dow, R.A. (2017). "Austrocnemis maccullochi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T87533424A87534076. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T87533424A87534076.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 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. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Species Austrocnemis maccullochi (Tillyard, 1926)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  5. 1 2 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 (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3.
  8. ↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
  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.
  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" (PDF). International Dragonfly Fund Report. 92: 1–132. ISSN 1435-3393.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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