The springwater dancer (Argia funebris) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae.
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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. funebris
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| Binomial name | |
| Argia funebris (Hagen, 1861) [2]
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| Range of A. funebris [3] | |
Description
editThe springwater dancer has a black stripe along the side of its thorax. The male is typically blue, but some can be violet. The female is pale brown.[4]
Similar species
editIts central range helps to distinguish it from the other blue damselflies with which it is easily confused, especially the similar looking vivid dancer. The Apache dancer is larger, but with an overall length of 34-40mm the springwater tends to be larger than the other similar blue dancers including the lavender dancer. The stripe on the side of the thorax is forked in the Aztec dancer and variable dancer.[4]
Etymology
editThe springwater dancer's preferred habitat of shallow springs is reflected in its common name. The previous scientific epithet, plana, means flat or wandering, but the significance is unknown.[5] This epithet has changed to funebris in 2022 after new analyses. This new epithet is in reference of a funeral, however, its allusion is unknown [6] [5]
References
edit- ^ IUCN (2020). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Argia funebris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ "Distribution Viewer". OdonataCentral. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
- ^ a b Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 81–82. ISBN 0-691-11364-5.
- ^ a b Paulson, Dennis R.; Dunkle, Sidney W.; Johnson, Jim T. (2024). "A Checklist of North American Odonata, Including English Name, Etymology, Type Locality, and Distribution (2024 Edition)". p. 11.
- ^ Garrison, Rosser W.; Von Ellenrieder, Natalia (2022). "Damselflies of the genus Argia Rambur, 1842 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) from Mexico, Central America and the Lesser Antilles with descriptions of five new species". Zootaxa. 5201 (1): 1–439. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5201.1.1.
External links
edit- Argia funebris on BugGuide.Net