Libellula cyanea

Libellula cyanea
	Libellula cyanea
Systematics
Subordination :	Dragonflies (Anisoptera)
Superfamily :	Libelluloidea
Family :	Libellulidae (Libellulidae)
Subfamily :	Libellulinae
Genre :	Libellula
Type :	Libellula cyanea
Scientific name
	Libellula cyanea
	( Fabricius , 1775)

older male

Libellula cyanea is a dragonfly - Art of the genus Libellula of the subfamily Libellulinae . Their distribution area extends in the east of the USA from Maine to Texas .

features

Construction of the Imago

The animal reaches a length of 40 to 48 millimeters, of which 29 to 34 millimeters are on the abdomen . The front of the thorax is brown with a whitish to yellowish stripe in the middle. The sides are light and are each divided by a dark strip. The hind wings reach a length of 31 to 37 millimeters and are transparent. The pterostigma is two-tone brown and white. In females and animals that have just hatched, the wing tips and the front part of the wings are amber. The legs are brown at the base and turn black towards the end. The relatively broad and short abdomen in both females and young males is light yellow with dark stripes in the middle and on the side. In the males, the abdomen and the abdominal appendages turn light blue with the aging process.

Construction of the larva

The larvae have eyes located in the center of the face and a long abdomen that tapers towards the end. The edge of the unpaired front part of the labium , the so-called prementum, is smooth.

Similar species

Libellula cyanea looks similar to L. comanche , but its pterostigma is monochrome. Also L. comanche larger and has a white face. And L. flavida and L. incesta also only have single-colored pterostigmata.

Individual evidence

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↑ Jerrell James Daigle: Florida Dragonflies (Anisoptera): A Species Key to the Aquatic Larval Stages . In: Technical Series . 12, No. 1, November 1992, p. 23.

Web links

Commons : Libellula cyanea - collection of images, videos and audio files

Libellula cyanea inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: Paulson, DR, 2007. Retrieved February 22, 2014.

[odonatacentral-1] Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated August 28, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (June 2, 2006) @1@ 2

[Technical_Series-2] Jerrell James Daigle: Florida Dragonflies (Anisoptera): A Species Key to the Aquatic Larval Stages . In: Technical Series . 12, No. 1, November 1992, p. 23.