Agriocnemis falcifera | |
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Immature male; Cumberland Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Coenagrionidae |
Genus: | Agriocnemis |
Species: | A. falcifera |
Binomial name | |
Agriocnemis falcifera Pinhey, 1959 | |
Agriocnemis falcifera, the white-masked whisp, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is endemic to southern Africa. [1] This tiny damselfly is found in grassy fringes of ponds and pools and is gregarious. [2]
It is 23–27 mm long with a wingspan of 23–30 mm. Males and females are similar; when immature they are initially all orange-red, with later stages orange-red on the terminal segments of the abdomen only; when mature, only the anal appendages are orange-red. The forehead has a whitish band that runs from eye to eye, and the small green post-ocular spots are connected across the back of the head. [2]