Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Agriomorpha fusca Chinese Yellowface
Animal Group:	Dragonfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Rhipidolestidae
Description:	Male Abdomen + Anal Appendages : 37mm - 40mm Male Hindwing : 28.5mm - 29mm Female Abdomen + Anal Appendages : 32mm Female Hindwing : 29mm

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Abundant

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Status

Least Concern

Fellowes et al. (2002)

Local Concern

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Widely distributed in forest seepages and small woodland streams throughout Hong Kong. Global Distribution China (including Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan) and Vietnam.

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References

More on Dragonfly in HK

Tam, T.W., Leung, K.K., Kwan, B.S.P., Wu, K.K.Y., Tang, S.S.H., So, I.W.Y., Cheng, J.C.Y., Yuen, E.F.M., Tsang, Y.M., and Hui, W.L. (2011). The dragonflies of Hong Kong. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Hong Kong.

Zhang, H. M. (2019). Dragonflies and damselflies of China. Chongqing University Press, Chongqing.

Bybee, S.M., Kalkman, V.J., Erickson, R.J., Frandsen, R.J., Breinholt, J.W., Suvorov, A., Dijkstra, K.B., Cordero-Rivera, A., Skevington, J.H., Abbott, J.C., Herrera, M.S., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M. and Ware, J.L. (2021). Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160:107115