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Species profile—Cordulephya pygmaea (common shutwing)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Cordulephyidae (shutwing dragonflies) → Cordulephya pygmaea (common shutwing)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Insecta (insects)
Family
Cordulephyidae (shutwing dragonflies)
Scientific name
Cordulephya pygmaea Selys, 1870
Common name
common shutwing
Type reference
Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1870. Sous-famille des Cordulines, S¿lys (1). pp. iv-vii in, Comptes-rendus des s¿ances de la soci¿t¿ entomologique de Belgique: Assembl¿e mensuelle du 5 novembre 1870. Annales de la Soci¿t¿ Entomologique de Belgique, 14, iv¿vii.
WildNet taxon ID
35123
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Aquatic & Terrestrial

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=35123.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022