Eurysticta kununurra

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Kimberley pin
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Isostictidae
Genus: Eurysticta
Species:
E. kununurra
Binomial name
Eurysticta kununurra
Watson, 1991 [1]
Eurysticta kununurra distribution map.svg

Eurysticta kununurra is a species of damselfly in the family Isostictidae, [2] commonly known as a Kimberley pin. [3] It has been recorded in the Kimberley region in Western Australia, where it inhabits rivers. [4]

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Eurysticta kununurra is a small to medium-sized damselfly, pale brown in colour with a pair of bronze-green bands on its back behind its head. [3]

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References

  1. Watson, J.A.L. (1991). "New genera, species and subspecies". In Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (eds.). The Australian Dragonflies. Melbourne: CSIRO. pp. 20–51 [31]. ISBN   0643051368.
  2. "Species Eurysticta kununurra Watson, 1991". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 76. ISBN   978 0 64309 073 6.
  4. Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 213. ISBN   978 1 74232 475 3.