Oristicta rosendaleorum
| Elegant wiretail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Isostictidae |
| Genus: | Oristicta |
| Species: | O. rosendaleorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Oristicta rosendaleorum | |
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Oristicta rosendaleorum is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Isostictidae.[2] It was described by Theischinger and Burwell in 2017. Until 2017 Oristicta filicicola was the only species of the genus Oristicta which has now been widened to include Oristicta rosendaleorum.[1] The common name suggested for the new species is elegant wiretail.[3]
Description
Oristicta rosendaleorum is a slender and dull-coloured damselfly of medium-size with a length around 42mm, and hind-wing about 21mm . Differences when compared to Oristicta filicicola include richer black markings, altered patterns on the synthorax and abdominal segments, and a lack of posterolateral processes/horns on the male pronotum. The anal appendages of the male take a different form also.[1]
Distribution
As of 2017, five specimens have been collected from two locations, both within 20 km of Lakeland, Queensland, in north-eastern Australia.[4]
Etymology
The genus name Oristicta is derived from the Greek ὄρος (oros, "mountain") and στικτός (stiktos, "spotted" or "marked"). The suffix -sticta is commonly used in names of taxa within the subfamily Isostictinae. The genus was established from specimens collected near the summit of Mount Cook, near Cooktown, Queensland.[5]
In 2017, Günther Theischinger and Chris Burwell named this species rosendaleorum, an eponym honouring Uncle Eric Rosendale and his daughter Barbara Rosendale-Collie, on whose property the species was collected.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Theischinger, Günther; Burwell, Chris (2017). "A second species of Oristicta Tillyard (Odonata: Isostictidae)". Zootaxa. 4323 (1): 83–95. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4323.1.6. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Hartley, Anna (26 October 2017). "New species of damselfly discovered in Cape York 'a remarkable thing'". ABC News. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ↑ "New species of damselfly discovered in Queensland". Australian Geographic. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ↑ 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.
