Biology:Lathrecista asiatica festa

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Short description: Subspecies of dragonfly

Australasian slimwing
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Male Lathrecista asiatica festa, Cairns, Australia
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Female
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Lathrecista
Species:
L. asiatica
Subspecies:
L. a. festa
Trinomial name
Lathrecista asiatica festa
(Selys, 1879)[1]
Lathrecista asiatica distribution map AU.svg
Synonyms[2]
  • Agrionoptera festa Selys, 1879

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

  • Female viewed from the side

  • Male viewed from the side

  • Female wings

  • Male wings

See also

References

  1. ↑ Selys-Longchamps, E. (1879). "Nouvelles observations sur les odonates de la région de la Nouvelle Guinée" (in French). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 14: 287–324 [300]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9186572. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Subspecies Lathrecista asiatica festa (Selys, 1879)". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Lathrecista_asiatica_festa. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q19597680 entry



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