Orthetrum migratum

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Rosy skimmer
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Orthetrum migratum at Mataranka, Australia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species:
O. migratum
Binomial name
Orthetrum migratum
Lieftinck, 1951 [2]
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Orthetrum migratum is an Australian freshwater dragonfly species in the family Libellulidae. [3] [4] The common name for this species is rosy skimmer. [5] It inhabits streams, boggy seepages, riverine pools and swamps across northern Australia. [6]

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Orthetrum migratum is a medium-sized dragonfly with a body that can be yellow-green or grey-brown to dark blue. The abdomen of a male is red and evenly tapered, while the abdomen of a female is coloured a yellow-green-brown. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Hawking, J. (2009). "Orthetrum migratum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T163524A5611321. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163524A5611321.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Lieftinck, M.A.; Tate, Geoffrey M. (1951). "Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 64. Odonata of the 1948 Archbold Cape York Expedition, with a list of the dragonflies from the peninsula". American Museum Novitates (1488): 1–46 [35]. hdl:2246/3981.
  3. ↑ "Species Orthetrum migratum Lieftinck, 1951". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN   0-643-09073-8.
  6. ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 231. ISBN   978-1-74232-475-3.
  7. ↑ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN   0-643-05136-8.
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