Idiocnemis bidentata

Idiocnemis bidentatais a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is known only from the province of Papua on the island of New Guinea.[1] It is mostly limited to the Bird's Head Peninsula.[1][2]

Idiocnemis bidentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Suborder:
Zygoptera
Family:
Platycnemididae
Genus:
Idiocnemis
Species:
I. bidentata
Binomial name
Idiocnemis bidentata
Selys, 1878

Males of the species have an abdomen up to 3.4 centimeters long; the females are slightly smaller. Males are brown to black in color with yellow markings and females are similar in color.[2]

Little is known about the biology of the species.[1]

References
  1. Kalkman, V. 2009. Idiocnemis bidentata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 February 2016.
  2. Gassmann, D. 2000. Revision of the Papuan Idiocnemis bidentata-group (Odonata: Platycnemididae). Zoologische Mededelingen 74 375-402.


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