Austrocnemis maccullochi

Tiny longlegs
Male tiny longlegs, Cairns
Female, Cairns
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Austrocnemis
Species:	A. maccullochi
Binomial name
Austrocnemis maccullochi (Tillyard, 1926) [2]

Austrocnemis maccullochi is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae, ^[3] commonly known as a tiny longlegs. ^[4] It is a tiny damselfly, bronze-black in colour with very long legs. ^[4] It occurs across coastal northern Australia and New Guinea, ^[5] where it inhabits still waters. ^[6]

Gallery

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  Male
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  Female
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  Female eating a fly
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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. Dow, R.A. (2017). "Austrocnemis maccullochi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T87533424A87534076. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T87533424A87534076.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Tillyard, R.J. (1926). "On a collection of Papuan dragonflies (Odonata) made by the late Mr. Allan R. McCulloch in 1922–3, with descriptions of new species". Records of the Australian Museum. 15 (2): 157–166 [160]. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.15.1926.806 .
3. "Species Austrocnemis maccullochi (Tillyard, 1926)". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
4. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 106. 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. 200. ISBN   978-1-74232-475-3.