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]
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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

  1. Dow, R.A. (2017). "Agriocnemis kunjina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T14262848A59256488. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14262848A59256488.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  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.
  4. 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 102. ISBN   978-0-64309-073-6.
  5. Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 189. ISBN   978-1-74232-475-3.
  6. Endersby, I. (2012). "Watson and Theischinger: the etymology of the dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) names which they published". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 145 (443 & 444): 34–53. doi: 10.5962/p.146542 . ISSN   0035-9173 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  7. Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN   978-1-925260-62-5.