Fivespot Threadtail (Nososticta solitaria)
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Fivespot Threadtail (Nososticta solitaria) ♂
1 / 3; PhotoID: AusDa302 20/11/2011 17:28 F8 1/6 180mm ISO400 Canon7D -Crop -Flash MF
Petersen Creek, Yungaburra, QLD [-17.270217°; 145.579033°]
Fivespot Threadtail (Nososticta solitaria) ♀
2 / 3; PhotoID: AusDa303 20/11/2011 17:32 F8 1/8 180mm ISO400 Canon7D -Crop -Flash MF
Petersen Creek, Yungaburra, QLD [-17.270217°; 145.579033°]
Fivespot Threadtail (Nososticta solitaria) ♂
3 / 3; PhotoID: AusDa320 22/11/2011 14:17 F8 1/125 180mm ISO400 Canon7D -Crop -Flash MF
Emerald Creek, near Mareeba, QLD [-17.052550°; 145.541333°]
Disparoneurinae: Key couplet 2 of 23
- ○ Wing membrane hyaline or yellow
Disparoneurinae: Key couplet 4 of 23
- ○ Antehumeral stripes ochraceus, with whitish, pale green or blue
Disparoneurinae: Key couplet 6 of 23
- ○ Abdominal terga 5 and 8 with substantial basal green to yellowish marks, that on segment 8 occupying approximately half the tergum
⇒ species: Fivespot Threadtail (Nososticta solitaria)
Disparoneurinae: Key couplet 13 of 23
- ● Posterior lobe of pronotum reflexed, scoop-shaped, strongly concave above, uniformly rounded to subtriangular with rounded apex
Disparoneurinae: Key couplet 14 of 23
- ○ Abdominal tergum 1 dark brown or black above
Disparoneurinae: Key couplet 16 of 23
- ● Posterior lobe of pronotum deeply concave, edges strongly bowed in profile, apex broad and rounded, appearing semicircular to truncate from above
⇒ species: Fivespot Threadtail (Nososticta solitaria)