Fylgia amazonica

Fylgia amazonica
	Fylgia amazonica
Systematics
Subordination :	Dragonflies (Anisoptera)
Superfamily :	Libelluloidea
Family :	Libellulidae (Libellulidae)
Subfamily :	Brachydiplacinae
Genre :	Fylgia
Type :	Fylgia amazonica
Scientific name of the genus
	Fylgia
	Kirby , 1889
Scientific name of the species
	Fylgia amazonica
	Kirby , 1889

The Fylgia amazonica is the only dragonfly species of the genus Fylgia from the subfamily Brachydiplacinae . Their distribution area extends over the Amazon region . Their larvae are unknown. The two subspecies F. a. amazonica and F. a. lychnitina differentiated.

Construction of the Imago

The animals reach a length of 19 to 22 millimeters, which makes them very small. While the males up to tip of the abdomen (black and only starting between the third and the seventh segment abdomen ) are red, the females on the chest (are thorax ) with greenish brown stripes. Your abdomen is orange-brown. The wings are mostly transparent, but can also be slightly smoky. The last Antenodalader in the front wing is incomplete, so it does not extend from the Costalader to the Radiusader .

Habitat

Fylgia amazonica lives in ponds covered with fallen leaves in the deepest tropical rainforest . The males sit on large, sunny leaves hanging over the water.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Garrison, von Ellenrieder , Louton: Dragonfly Genera of the New World [p. 244f], The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006, ISBN 0801884462

Web links

Commons : Fylgia amazonica - collection of images, videos and audio files

Fylgia amazonica inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: von Ellenrieder, N., 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2014.

[Garrison-1] A ^b ^c Garrison, von Ellenrieder , Louton: Dragonfly Genera of the New World [p. 244f], The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006, ISBN 0801884462