Koolpinyah threadtail | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Platycnemididae |
Genus: | Nososticta |
Species: | N. koolpinyah |
Binomial name | |
Nososticta koolpinyah | |
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Nososticta koolpinyah is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Platycnemididae, [3] commonly known as a Koolpinyah threadtail. [4] It has only been found in the vicinity of Darwin and on Melville Island in Northern Territory, where it inhabits streams. [5]
Nososticta koolpinyah is a small, slender damselfly; males are coloured black with greenish blue markings and greenish brown tinted wings, females are black with yellowish markings and clear wings. [6]
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