Agriocnemis femina

Variable wisp
Kenelap Oxbow Lake Sabah, Borneo
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Agriocnemis
Species:	A. femina
Binomial name
Agriocnemis femina (Brauer, 1868)[2]

Agriocnemis femina, the variable wisp or pinhead wisp,^[3] is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.^[4] It is a small damselfly; mature males have a white pruinescence over their body, and a dark tail. It is found from India, through South-east Asia to islands in the Pacific.^[3] where it inhabits pools and stagnant water.^[5]

Gallery

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  Female wings
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  Male wings

References

1. Dow, R.A. (2020). "Agriocnemis femina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T167208A179263659. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T167208A179263659.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Brauer, Friedrich (1868). "Dritter Bericht über die von Herrn G. Semper mitgetheilten, von dessen Bruder auf den Philippinen gesammelten Neuropteren und Beschreibung einer neuen Libellen-Gattung aus dem Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 18: 541–558 [554] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
4. "Species Agriocnemis femina (Brauer, 1868)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
5. Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3.

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