Neosticta fraseri

Tropical pinfly
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Isostictidae
Genus: Neosticta
Species:
N. fraseri
Binomial name
Neosticta fraseri
Watson, 1991

Neosticta fraseri is a species of damselfly in the family Isostictidae, commonly known as a tropical pinfly. It can be found in tropical north-eastern Queensland, Australia, where it inhabits streams.

Neosticta fraseri is a slender, medium-sized damselfly, dull brown to black in colour with pale markings. Adults have a slight pruinescence

This damselfly is named after F.C. Fraser, the English entomologist who illustrated this species in 1960, when it was then named Neosticta silvarum.

Etymology

The genus name Neosticta is derived from the Greek νέος (neos, "new") and στικτός (stiktos, "spotted" or "marked"). The suffix -sticta is commonly used in names of taxa within the subfamily Isostictinae.

In 1991, Tony Watson named this species fraseri, an eponym honouring the English entomologist and dragonfly specialist Frederic Charles Fraser (1880–1963), who had illustrated the species in 1960.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dow, R.A. (2017). "Neosticta fraseri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T14675852A59256798. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14675852A59256798.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Watson, J.A.L. (1991). "New genera, species and subspecies". In Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (eds.). The Australian Dragonflies. Melbourne: CSIRO. pp. 20–51 [36]. ISBN 0-643-05136-8.
  3. ↑ "Species Neosticta fraseri Watson, 1991". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
  5. ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3.
  6. ↑ Endersby, Ian (2012). "Etymology of the Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S." Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 134: 1–16.
  7. ↑ Endersby, I. (2012). "Watson and Theischinger: the etymology of the dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) names which they published". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 145 (443 & 444): 34–53 [40]. doi:10.5962/p.146542. ISSN 0035-9173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  8. ↑ Hämäläinen, Matti (9 February 2016). "Catalogue of individuals commemorated in the scientific names of extant dragonflies, including lists of all available eponymous species-group and genus-group names – Revised edition" (PDF). International Dragonfly Fund Report. 92: 1–132. ISSN 1435-3393.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)