Dromaeschna forcipata

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Green-striped darner
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Female, Cairns
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Dromaeschna
Species:
D. forcipata
Binomial name
Dromaeschna forcipata
(Tillyard, 1907) [2]
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Dromaeschna forcipata male

Dromaeschna forcipata is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae, [3] known commonly as the green-striped darner. [4] It generally inhabits streams in coastal rainforests of north-eastern Queensland, Australia. [5]

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Dromaeschna forcipata is a large black dragonfly with dark green markings. The side of its body appears to have alternate black and green stripes. [4]

Taxonomy

The Australian Faunal Directory no longer considers Dromaeschna to be a distinct genus, and Dromaeschna forcipata now has the name, Austroaeschna forcipata. [6] [7]

However, World Odonata List uses the name Dromaeschna forcipata. [3]

See also

References

  1. Dow, R.A. (2017). "Dromaeschna forcipata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T163532A87527287. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T163532A87527287.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Tillyard, R.J. (1907). "New Australian species of the family Aeschnidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 31 (1906): 722–730 [726] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. 1 2 Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
  4. 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 134. ISBN   978-0-64309-073-6.
  5. Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 212. ISBN   978-1-74232-475-3.
  6. "Austroaeschna forcipata". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  7. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2021). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4863-1374-7.