Austroagrion exclamationis

Austroagrion exclamationis is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae,[3] commonly known as a northern billabongfly.[4] It is a small damselfly; the male is blue and black.[4] It has been recorded from New Guinea and northern Australia,[5] where it inhabits streams and still water.[6]

Northern billabongfly
Male, Queensland
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Austroagrion
Species:
A. exclamationis
Binomial name
Austroagrion exclamationis
Campion, 1915[2]
  • Female wings
  • Male wings

See also

References
  1. Kalkman, V. (2009). "Austroagrion exclamationis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163933A5669502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163933A5669502.en.
  2. Campion, H. (1915). "A new agrionine dragonfly from northern Australia". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. 16: 105–108 [106]. doi:10.1080/00222931508693694 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "Species Austroagrion exclamationis Campion, 1915". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  4. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 94. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
  5. 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 0643051368.
  6. Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 194. ISBN 978 1 74232 475 3.
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