Species Neoneura aaroni - Coral-fronted Threadtail

Classification · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References

Coral-fronted Threadtail and reflection - Neoneura aaroni - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)

Family Protoneuridae (Threadtail Damselflies)

Genus Neoneura (Robust Threadtails)

Species aaroni (Coral-fronted Threadtail)

Identification

Male is blue-gray with brilliant coral-orange rectangles on its face and back. Female is very difficult to distinguish from those of other Neoneura species.

Range

The Central Texas Hill Country, the Lower Rio Grande, and south into Mexico, mainly Nuevo Leon.

Habitat

Slow-moving rivers and streams with abundant emergent or floating vegetation

Season

Late spring through fall in Texas

Life Cycle

Usually oviposits in tandem into driftwood and other floating debris

Print References

Abbott 2005, Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas

Internet References

Odonata Central

Greg Lasley Nature Photography

Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 25 August, 2007 - 4:11pm
Last updated 25 August, 2007 - 5:43pm

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