Tropical pinfly | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Isostictidae |
Genus: | Neosticta |
Species: | N. fraseri |
Binomial name | |
Neosticta fraseri | |
Neosticta fraseri is a species of damselfly in the family Isostictidae, [3] commonly known as a tropical pinfly. [4] It can be found in tropical north-eastern Queensland, Australia, where it inhabits streams. [5]
Neosticta fraseri is a slender, medium-sized damselfly, dull brown to black in colour with pale markings. Adults have a slight pruinescence [2]
This damselfly is named after F.C. Fraser, the English entomologist who illustrated this species in 1960, when it was then named Neosticta silvarum . [2]
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