Notolibellula bicolor

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Bicoloured skimmer
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Notolibellula
Species:
N. bicolor
Binomial name
Notolibellula bicolor
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Notolibellula bicolor is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae, [3] known as the bicoloured skimmer. [4] It is the only known species of Notolibellula . [4] [5] It is found across northern Australia where it inhabits rock-holes and still waters. [6] It is a medium-sized dragonfly with the male having a bluish thorax and a red end to his abdomen. [4]

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Etymology

The species name bicolor obviously refers to this dragonfly's two vivid colours, blue and red, observed by Tony Watson in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1968. [2] [7]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Theischinger, G.; Watson, J.A.L. (1977). "Notolibellula bicolor, a new libelluline dragonfly from northern Australia (Odonata: Libellulidae)". Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 16 (4): 417–420 [417]. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1977.tb00132.x .
  3. "Species Notolibellula bicolor Theischinger & Watson, 1977". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
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