Agriocnemis kunjina

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Pilbara wisp
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Agriocnemis
Species:
A. kunjina
Binomial name
Agriocnemis kunjina
Watson, 1969 [2]
Agriocnemis kunjina distribution map.svg

Agriocnemis kunjina is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae, [3] commonly known as a Pilbara wisp. [4] It is a small damselfly, endemic to the Pilbara region in Western Australia, [4] where it inhabits still and flowing water. [5]

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Etymology

In 1969, Tony Watson named this species kunjina after Kunjina Spring in Hammersley Range, Western Australia, where specimens of this damselfly were collected. [2] [6] [7]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Watson, J.A.L. (1969). "Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeography of dragonflies (Odonata) from the north-west of Western Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology. 17 (1): 65–112 [76]. doi:10.1071/ZO9690065.
  3. "Species Agriocnemis kunjina Watson, 1969". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
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