Cordulephya pygmaea
Common Shutwing at Paddys River, ACT
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| Cordulephya pygmaea | HarveyPerkins | 14 Mar 2019 | |
| Cordulephya pygmaea | jb2602 | 14 Mar 2019 |
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4 comments
15 Mar 2019
Interesting point, John. All I can think is that this may be a fairly recently emerged individual and the pterostigmata haven't cured to their normal dark colour yet. It is the case that in some species the pterostigmata do darken with age; I don't know how much or even if this applies to Cordulephya. Even so, they really are quite white, not even a tan colour. I've just gone through all of my photos of the species and in all cases the pterostigmata are dark. In all other respects, however, the individual in your photos does look to me like a standard C. pygmaea.
15 Mar 2019
John - just noticed that there is a record of Roy's (sighting 3392535) in which the pterostigmata are also white.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.937980-35.328677
- Maps Cotter Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 21 Feb 2019 01:14 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
Collections
- jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cordulephya pygmaea Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects
Species information
- Cordulephya pygmaea Scientific name
- Common Shutwing Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 788m Recorded at altitude
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