Platycnemis acutipennis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Platycnemididae |
| Genus: | Platycnemis |
| Species: | P. acutipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Platycnemis acutipennis Selys, 1841
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Platycnemis acutipennis, known as the orange featherleg or the orange white-legged damselfly, is a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae.[1][2][3]
Description
[edit]Platycnemis acutipennis is the only European damselfly which combines an orange-red abdomen and blue eyes.[4] The male has moderately wide hind tibias (wider in both P. pennipes and P. latipes; and the males of both those species have blue abdomens).[4] The thorax is buff-coloured with black stripes. There is an orange spot near the tip of each wing. The sexes are similar.
Behaviour
[edit]Platycnemis acutipennis lives in fresh water, either still or up to moderately fast-flowing.[5]
Distribution
[edit]Platycnemis acutipennis is common and widely distributed across the southwest of Europe including Portugal, Spain, and France; it is endemic to that area.[5] There are however some recent records from Germany.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
- ^ "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
- ^ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B. (2006). Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe. British Wildlife Publishing. ISBN 0-9531399-4-8.
- ^ a b Nielsen, Erland Refling. "Platycnemis". Danodonata.dk. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
- ^ a b Boudot, J-P. (2010). "IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2". Platycnemis acutipennis. IUCN. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
- ^ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". Platycnemis acutipennis. GBIF. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Aesnature: Platycnemis acutipennis (images showing mating and egg-laying behaviour)