Austroagrion exclamationis

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

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References

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  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. 1 2 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.
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