Brachydiplax denticauda
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Brachydiplax denticauda is found in Australia
, New Guinea
, and the Solomon Islands
, and is common over much of its range. The species is usually found near still or sluggish waters.
Males of this species are typical in colour for the genus, being bright powder blue on both the thorax
and abdomen. The labrum is pale cream, thus giving the species its common name of Palemouth.
They are very small in size; although brightly coloured, the males often go unnoticed by an observer once they land on a lily pad or similar place.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
, and the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
, and is common over much of its range. The species is usually found near still or sluggish waters.
Males of this species are typical in colour for the genus, being bright powder blue on both the thorax
Thorax
The thorax is a division of an animal's body that lies between the head and the abdomen.-In tetrapods:...
and abdomen. The labrum is pale cream, thus giving the species its common name of Palemouth.
They are very small in size; although brightly coloured, the males often go unnoticed by an observer once they land on a lily pad or similar place.