Austroagrion

	Austroagrion
	; Austroagrion watsoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Primary
No rank :	Molting
No rank :	Panarthropoda
Type of:	Arthropods
Subtype :	Tracheo-breathing
Overclass :	Six-legged
Grade:	Insects
Subclass :	Winged insects
Infraclass :	Ancient winged insects
Squadron :	Odonatoptera
Squad:	Dragonflies
Suborder :	Damselfly
Superfamily :	Arrows
Family:	Arrows
Subfamily :	Pseudagrioninae
Gender:	Austroagrion
International scientific name
	Austroagrion Tillyard , 1913

Austroagrion (lat.) - a genus of dragonflies from the family of arrows (Coenagrionidae), which includes five species common in Australasia .

Description

Small black-blue or greenish-blue dragonflies. Wingspan from 11 to 18 mm. Orbital spotting reduced. Pterostigma elongated. In larvae on the prementum of the lower lip, from five to seven pairs, on the palps from four to seven pairs of setae ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] .

Ecology

Larvae inhabit watercourses and standing water bodies ^[2] . Four species are included in the list of threatened species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature as rare and endangered ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] .

Systematics

The closest are the genera Archibasis , Pseudagrion and Xanthagrion ^[8] . The genus includes five species ^[1] ^[2]

Austroagrion cyane ( Selys , 1876) typus
Austroagrion exclamationis Campion , 1915
Austroagrion kiautai Theischinger & Richards, 2007
Austroagrion pindrina Watson , 1969
Austroagrion watsoni Lieftinck , 1982

Distribution

It is found in Australia , Tasmania , New Guinea and New Caledonia . The largest habitat is Austroagrion watsoni ^[2] .

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Kalkman VJ & Orr AG Field Guide to the damselflies of New Guinea . - Den Haag: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Libellenstudie, 2013 .-- S. 103. - 119 p.
↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ Theischinger G. & Hawking J. The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. - Clayton: CSIRO publishing, 2006. - P. 92-94. - 366 p. - ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6 . - ISBN 0-643-09073-8 .
↑ Lieftinck MA Settlingup mattersof taxonomy, nomenclature, and synonymy in the genus Austroagrion Tillyard (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) (English) // Odonalologica: journal. - 1982. - No. 11 (4) . - P. 287-295 . - ISSN 0375-0183 .
↑ Kalkman V. Austroagrion exclamationis (neopr.) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . International Union for Conservation of Nature (2009). doi : 10.2305 / IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163933A5669502.en. . Date of treatment March 4, 2019.
↑ Dow RA Austroagrion cyane (neopr.) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . International Union for Conservation of Nature (2017). doi : 10.2305 / IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14263010A59256493.en . Date of treatment March 4, 2019.
↑ Dow RA Austroagrion pindrina (neopr.) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . International Union for Conservation of Nature (2017). doi : 10.2305 / IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14263125A59256498.en . Date of treatment March 4, 2019.
↑ Dow RA Austroagrion watsoni (neopr.) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . International Union for Conservation of Nature (2017). doi : 10.2305 / IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14263149A59256503.en . Date of treatment March 4, 2019.
↑ Dijkstra K.-DB, Kalkman VJ, Dow RA, Stokvis FR, van Tol J. Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata ) // Systematic Entomology: journal. - 2014 .-- Vol. 39 . - P. 68–96 . - ISSN 1365-3113 . - DOI : 10.1111 / syen.12035 .

[:1-1] ¹ ² Kalkman VJ & Orr AG Field Guide to the damselflies of New Guinea . - Den Haag: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Libellenstudie, 2013 .-- S. 103. - 119 p.

[:0-2] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ Theischinger G. & Hawking J. The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. - Clayton: CSIRO publishing, 2006. - P. 92-94. - 366 p. - ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6 . - ISBN 0-643-09073-8 .

[3] Lieftinck MA Settlingup mattersof taxonomy, nomenclature, and synonymy in the genus Austroagrion Tillyard (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) (English) // Odonalologica: journal. - 1982. - No. 11 (4) . - P. 287-295 . - ISSN 0375-0183 .

[4] Kalkman V. Austroagrion exclamationis (neopr.) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . International Union for Conservation of Nature (2009). doi : 10.2305 / IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163933A5669502.en. . Date of treatment March 4, 2019.

[5] Dow RA Austroagrion cyane (neopr.) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . International Union for Conservation of Nature (2017). doi : 10.2305 / IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14263010A59256493.en . Date of treatment March 4, 2019.

[6] Dow RA Austroagrion pindrina (neopr.) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . International Union for Conservation of Nature (2017). doi : 10.2305 / IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14263125A59256498.en . Date of treatment March 4, 2019.

[7] Dow RA Austroagrion watsoni (neopr.) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . International Union for Conservation of Nature (2017). doi : 10.2305 / IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14263149A59256503.en . Date of treatment March 4, 2019.

[8] Dijkstra K.-DB, Kalkman VJ, Dow RA, Stokvis FR, van Tol J. Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata ) // Systematic Entomology: journal. - 2014 .-- Vol. 39 . - P. 68–96 . - ISSN 1365-3113 . - DOI : 10.1111 / syen.12035 .