Biology:Oristicta rosendaleorum

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Short description: Species of damselfly

Elegant wiretail
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Isostictidae
Genus: Oristicta
Species:
O. rosendaleorum
Binomial name
Oristicta rosendaleorum
Theischinger & Burwell, 2017[1]
Oristicta rosendaleorum distribution map.svg

Oristicta rosendaleorum is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Isostictidae.[2] It was described by Theischinger and Burwell in 2017. Until 2017 Oristicta filicicola was the only species of the genus Oristicta which has now been widened to include Oristicta rosendaleorum.[1] The common name suggested for the new species is elegant wiretail.[3]

Description

Oristicta rosendaleorum is a slender and dull-coloured damselfly of medium-size with a length around 42mm, and hind-wing about 21mm . Differences when compared to Oristicta filicicola include richer black markings, altered patterns on the synthorax and abdominal segments, and a lack of posterolateral processes/horns on the male pronotum. The anal appendages of the male take a different form also.[1]

Distribution

As of 2017, five specimens have been collected from two locations, both within 20 km of Lakeland, Queensland, in north-eastern Australia.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q42955892 entry