Nososticta mouldsi
| Striped threadtail | |
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| Nososticta mouldsi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Platycnemididae |
| Genus: | Nososticta |
| Species: | N. mouldsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Nososticta mouldsi Theischinger, 2000[2] | |
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Nososticta mouldsi is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Platycnemididae,[3] commonly known as a striped threadtail.[4] It has only been found in the Northern Territory, where it inhabits rainforest streams.[5]
Nososticta mouldsi is a small, slender damselfly; the male is black with blue markings, and the female is black with pale yellow-brown markings.[4] As at February 2018 there were just five records of this species on the Atlas of Living Australia.[6]
Etymology
The genus name Nososticta combines the Greek νόσος (nosos, "disease") with στικτός (stiktos, "spotted" or "marked"). The suffix -sticta is commonly used in names of taxa related to Protoneura and the subfamily Isostictinae.[7]
In 2000, Günther Theischinger named this species mouldsi, an eponym honouring Max Moulds, who collected the type specimen.[2][8][9]
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Male wings
See also
References
- ↑ Dow, R.A. (2017). "Nososticta mouldsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T89904141A89904192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T89904141A89904192.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- 1 2 Theischinger, G. (2000). "A new species of Nososticta Hagen from Australia (Odonata: Protoneuridae)" (PDF). Linzer Biologische Beiträge. 32 (2): 1175–1179 [1175].
- ↑ "Species Nososticta mouldsi Theischinger, 2000". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
- ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 229. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3.
- ↑ "Nososticta mouldsi,Theischinger,2000". Atlas of Living Australia. Ala.org.au. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
- ↑ Endersby, I. (2012). "Watson and Theischinger: the etymology of the dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) names which they published". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 145 (443 & 444): 34–53 [45]. doi:10.5962/p.146542. ISSN 0035-9173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ 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.
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