Archibasis mimetes

Blue-banded longtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Archibasis
Species: A. mimetes
Binomial name
Archibasis mimetes
(Tillyard, 1913)[1]

Archibasis mimetes is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae,[2] commonly known as a blue-banded longtail.[3] It is a medium-sized damselfly; the male is bright blue and black.[3] It has been recorded from New Guinea and northern Australia,[4] where it inhabits streams.[5]

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References

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  1. ↑ 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 [472] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ↑ "Species Archibasis mimetes (Tillyard, 1913)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 82. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 194. ISBN 978 1 74232 475 3.
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