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Rhadinosticta banksi

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Species of damselfly

Rhadinosticta banksi
Northern wiretail
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Isostictidae
Genus: Rhadinosticta
Species: R. banksi
Binomial name
Rhadinosticta banksi
(Tillyard, 1913)

Rhadinosticta banksi is an Australian species of damselfly in the family Isostictidae, commonly known as the northern wiretail.

It prefers fresh water streams and pools. The adult is a small to medium-sized damselfly with a length of 35 to 40mm, with the hindwing 20 to 25mm. They are dull in colour with a bluish thorax and may have pruinescence toward the end of the abdomen. In Australia, the distribution is in suitable habitat from Broome, Western Australia, across the north of the continent to the southern Queensland border. The taxon has been assessed in the IUCN Red List as least concern.

Notes

The taxonomic difference between Rhadinosticta banksi and Rhadinosticta handschini is uncertain. They may not be separate species.

Gallery

  • Male in Cairns, Queensland Male in Cairns, Queensland
  • Female, right hand side Female, right hand side
  • Female left hand side Female left hand side
  • Female from above Female from above
  • Female wings Female wings
  • Male wings Male wings

References

  1. ^ Hawking, J. (2021). "Rhadinosticta banksi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T163581A174385095. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T163581A174385095.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Tillyard, R.J. (1913). "On some new and rare Australian Agrionidae (Odonata)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 37 (1912): 404–479 . doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22352 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ "Species Rhadinosticta banksi (Tillyard, 1913)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  4. ^ Theischinger, G; Hawking, J (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
Taxon identifiers
Rhadinosticta banksi
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