Lathrecista asiatica festa
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Australasian slimwing | |
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Male Lathrecista asiatica festa, Cairns, Australia | |
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Female | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Lathrecista |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | L. a. festa
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Trinomial name | |
Lathrecista asiatica festa | |
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Lathrecista asiatica festa known as the Australasian slimwing[3] is a sub-species of Lathrecista asiatica, a dragonfly in the Libellulidae family, found only in Australia.[2] Its range is coastal and adjacent inland in an arc from the Northern Territory to the southern Queensland border. It is a medium-sized dragonfly with a wingspan of 60-85mm, and is usually near rivers, streams, swamps and lagoons but at times can be far from water. The male has a black and yellow thorax with brown upper parts, and a reddish-orange abdomen with a black tip.[3] The taxon has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Red List.
Gallery
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Female viewed from the side
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Male viewed from the side
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Female wings
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Male wings
See also
References
- ^ Selys-Longchamps, E. (1879). "Nouvelles observations sur les odonates de la région de la Nouvelle Guinée". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova (in French). 14: 287–324 [300] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ a b "Subspecies Lathrecista asiatica festa (Selys, 1879)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ a b Theischinger, G; Hawking, J (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. p. 262. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
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- Libellulidae
- Odonata of Oceania
- Odonata of Australia
- Insects of New Guinea
- Taxa named by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps
- Insects described in 1897