Southern riffle darner | |
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Mating pair, female is upside down | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Telephlebiidae |
Genus: | Notoaeschna |
Species: | N. sagittata
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Binomial name | |
Notoaeschna sagittata | |
Notoaeschna sagittata is a species of Australian dragonfly of the family Telephlebiidae,[3] known as the southern riffle darner.[4] It is endemic to eastern Australia,[4] occurring south of the Hunter River, New South Wales, where it inhabits rapid streams.[5]
Notoaeschna sagittata is a large, dark brown to black dragonfly with yellow markings.[6] It appears similar to Notoaeschna geminata, the northern riffle darner, which occurs north of the Hunter River.[4]