Orthetrum nitidinerve
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| Orthetrum nitidinerve | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Orthetrum |
| Species: | O. nitidinerve |
| Binomial name | |
| Orthetrum nitidinerve (Selys, 1841) | |
Orthetrum nitidinerve, also known as Orthetrum baeticum is a freshwater Mediterranean dragonfly species.[1] The common name for this species is Yellow-Veined Skimmer.[2] Its natural egg clutches count for an average of 970.[3]
It has a wingspan of 8–9 cm. The wings have a yellow longitudinal vein that extends from the base of the wing to the nodus and from which numerous yellow transverse veins extend. The yellow-gold wing mark (pterostigma) is 4–5 mm long, but is significantly smaller in other Orthetrum species (approx. 3 mm). The body of the males is blue.
