Tholymis tillarga
| Tholymis tillarga | |
|---|---|
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| male | |
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| female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Tholymis |
| Species: | T. tillarga |
| Binomial name | |
| Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798) | |
Tholymis tillarga, the coral-tailed cloudwing, is a species of dragonfly found from tropical West Africa to the Pacific Islands.[1] The common name for this species in Australia is twister.[2]
References
- ↑ Wolfgang Schneider (1992). "Anax tristis Hagen, 1867 (Aeshnidae) and Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798) (Libellulidae) recorded from off Angola" (PDF). Fragmenta Entomologica 23 (2): 243–246.
- ↑ Theischinger, G; Hawking, J (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. p. 288. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.