Austroagrion exclamationis

Northern billabongfly
Male, Queensland
Female, Queensland
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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]

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]

Gallery

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  Female
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  Male
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  Young male
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  in copula
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  Female wings
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  Male wings

See also

• List of Odonata species of Australia

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 . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Campion, H. (1915). "A new agrionine dragonfly from northern Australia". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. 16 (92): 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   0-643-05136-8.
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.