Idiocnemis bidentata

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Idiocnemis bidentata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platycnemididae
Genus: Idiocnemis
Species:
I. bidentata
Binomial name
Idiocnemis bidentata
Selys, 1878

Idiocnemis bidentata is a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is known only from the province of Papua on the island of New Guinea. [1] It is mostly limited to the Bird's Head Peninsula. [1] [2]

Males of the species have an abdomen up to 3.4 centimeters long; the females are slightly smaller. Males are brown to black in color with yellow markings and females are similar in color. [2]

Little is known about the biology of the species. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kalkman, V. 2009. Idiocnemis bidentata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 Gassmann, D. 2000. Revision of the Papuan Idiocnemis bidentata-group (Odonata: Platycnemididae). Zoologische Mededelingen 74 375-402.


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