Micromidia atrifrons

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Forest mosquitohawk
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Male Cairns, Australia.
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Female
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Austrocorduliidae
Genus: Micromidia
Species:
M. atrifrons
Binomial name
Micromidia atrifrons
(McLachlan, 1883) [2]
Micromidia atrifrons distribution map.svg

Micromidia atrifrons is a species of dragonfly in the family Austrocorduliidae, [3] known as the Forest mosquitohawk. [4] It is a small to medium-sized, black to metallic green dragonfly with pale markings on its abdomen, [4] endemic to north-eastern Australia, [5] where it inhabits streams. [6]

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There is uncertainty about which family Micromidia atrifrons best belongs to: Austrocorduliidae, [3] Synthemistidae, [7] or Corduliidae. [8]

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References

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