Aciagrion fragilis

Aciagrion fragilis is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae,[3] commonly known as a blue slim.[4] It is a small, slender damselfly, the male is blue and black.[4] It has been recorded from northern Australia, New Guinea and the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia,[5] where it inhabits still waters and swamps.[6]

Blue slim
Male, north Queensland
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Aciagrion
Species:
A. fragilis
Binomial name
Aciagrion fragilis
(Tillyard, 1906)[2]

Etymology

The species name fragilis is a Latin word meaning fragile, or easily broken. In 1906, Robin Tillyard named this species probably in contrast to other members of the genus Ischnura, where it had been provisionally placed.[7][8]

  • Female wings
  • Male wings

See also

References
  1. Kalkman, V. (2009). "Aciagrion fragile". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163931A5669237. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163931A5669237.en.
  2. Tillyard, R.J. (1906). "New Australian species of the family Agrionidae (Neuroptera: Odonata)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 31: 177–194 [186] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "Species Aciagrion fragilis (Tillyard, 1906)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  4. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
  5. 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 0643051368.
  6. Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3.
  7. Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
  8. Endersby, Ian (2012). "Etymology of the Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S." Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 134: 1–16.
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