Australasian slimwing | |
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Male Lathrecista asiatica festa, Cairns, Australia | |
Female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Lathrecista |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | L. a. festa
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Trinomial name | |
Lathrecista asiatica festa | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Lathrecista asiatica festa known as the Australasian slimwing [3] is a sub-species of Lathrecista asiatica, a dragonfly in the Libellulidae family, found only in Australia. [2] Its range is coastal and adjacent inland in an arc from the Northern Territory to the southern Queensland border. It is a medium-sized dragonfly with a wingspan of 60-85mm, and is usually near rivers, streams, swamps and lagoons but at times can be far from water. The male has a black and yellow thorax with brown upper parts, and a reddish-orange abdomen with a black tip. [3] The taxon has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Red List.