Agriocnemis kunjina is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae,[3] commonly known as a Pilbara wisp.[4] It is a small damselfly, endemic to the Pilbara region in Western Australia,[4] where it inhabits still and flowing water.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Agriocnemis |
| Species: | A. kunjina
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| Binomial name | |
| Agriocnemis kunjina | |
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Etymology
editIn 1969, Tony Watson named this species kunjina after Kunjina Spring in Hammersley Range, Western Australia, where specimens of this damselfly were collected.[2][6][7]
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- ^ Dow, R.A. (2017). "Agriocnemis kunjina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14262848A59256488. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14262848A59256488.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Watson, J.A.L. (1969). "Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeography of dragonflies (Odonata) from the north-west of Western Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology. 17 (1): 65–112 [76]. doi:10.1071/ZO9690065.
- ^ "Species Agriocnemis kunjina Watson, 1969". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ a b Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
- ^ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3.
- ^ Endersby, I. (2012). "Watson and Theischinger: the etymology of the dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) names which they published". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 145 (443 & 444): 34–53. doi:10.5962/p.146542. ISSN 0035-9173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.