Striped swampdragon
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Agrionoptera
Species:
A. longitudinalis
Subspecies:
A. l. biserialis
Trinomial name
Agrionoptera longitudinalis biserialis
Selys, 1879[1]
Synonyms

Agrionoptera karschii Foerster, 1898
Agrionoptera regalis Tillyard, 1908

Agrionoptera longitudinalis biserialis known as the striped swampdragon is a subspecies of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[2] It is found in Australia and New Guinea. Its usual habitat is in the vicinity of shaded pools and tree holes.

Agrionoptera longitudinalis biserialis is a large dragonfly (wingspan 100mm, length 55mm), with a prominent yellow stripe on its synthorax, and yellow markings on a dark abdomen. The frons is a bright metallic green. Its range in Australia is from the tip of Cape York Peninsula to around Rockhampton on the central Queensland coast.[3] The species has not yet been assessed in the IUCN Red List, but is listed in the Catalog of Life[4]

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References

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  1. ↑ Selys-Longchamps, E. (1879). "Nouvelles observations sur les odonates de la région de la Nouvelle Guinée". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova (in French). 14: 287–324 [304] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ↑ "Subspecies Agrionoptera longitudinalis biserialis Selys, 1879". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Theischinger, Gunther (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. p. 260. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
  4. ↑ Catalog of Life: Striped Swampdragon
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