Striped Swampdragon (Agrionoptera longitudinalis biserialis)

Striped Swampdragon (Agrionoptera longitudinalis biserialis)

Inhabits shady pools and tree holes

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• Libellulidae: Key couplet 1 of 67

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• ● Distal antenodal of forewing complete, both costal and subcostal sections present

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 2 of 67

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• ● Anal loop present

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 9 of 67

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• ● Anal loop well developed, generally stocking-shaped, usually closed at tip

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 14 of 67

• ○ Not as above

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 15 of 67

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• ● Base of hindwing triangle just beyond to well beyond arculus
  ○ Top of frons brilliant metallic blue or green, particularly in male

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 16 of 67

• ○ More than nine antenodals in forewing

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 18 of 67

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• ● Arculus almost equidistant from second and third antenodal crossvein
  ● Nodus closer to base of wing than to apex, the ratio between the distances approximately 4:5
  ● Male abdomen slender, almost parallel-sided
  
  ⇒ genus: Agrionoptera

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 19 of 67

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• ○ Abdomen substantially brownish black
  ● Forewing triangle with crossvein
  
  ⇒ species: Striped Swampdragon (Agrionoptera longitudinalis biserialis)