Aztec dancer
| Aztec dancer | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Argia |
| Species: | A. nahuana
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| Binomial name | |
| Argia nahuana | |
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| Range of A. nahuana [2][3] | |
The Aztec dancer (Argia nahuana) damselfly is one of the pond damsels. The dark black stripe on the side of the thorax is forked from front to back. Other field marks include blue postocular spots, pale blue legs with a black stripe, and a blue ring on the seventh segment of the abdomen.[3] Can be differentiated from similar subspecies by the larger width of the stripe down its mid dorsal thorax, and medial orientation of the cercus lobe. [4]
References
- ^ "Argia nahuana". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ "Argia nahuana range map". USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Archived from the original on October 27, 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
- ^ a b Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 79–81. ISBN 0-691-11364-5.
- ^ Garrison, Rosser W. (1994). "A Synopsis of the Genus Argia of the United States with Keys and Descriptions of New Species, Argia sabino, A. leonorae, and A. pima (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society (1890-). 120 (4): 287–368. ISSN 0002-8320.
External links
- Argia nahuana on BugGuide.Net