Aztec dancer

Aztec dancer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Argia
Species:	A. nahuana
Binomial name
	Argia nahuana; (Calvert, 1902) [1]
	Range of A. nahuana [2][3]

The Aztec dancer (Argia nahuana) damselfly is one of the pond damsels. The dark black stripe on the side of the thorax is forked from front to back. Other field marks include blue postocular spots, pale blue legs with a black stripe, and a blue ring on the seventh segment of the abdomen.[3]

References

"Argia nahuana". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
"Argia nahuana range map". USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Archived from the original on October 27, 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 79–81. ISBN 0-691-11364-5.

External links

Argia nahuana on BugGuide.Net

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[1] "Argia nahuana". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[2] "Argia nahuana range map". USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Archived from the original on October 27, 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2009.

[abbott-3] Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 79–81. ISBN 0-691-11364-5.