Austroagrion exclamationis is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae,[3] commonly known as a northern billabongfly.[4] It is a small damselfly; the male is blue and black.[4] It has been recorded from New Guinea and northern Australia,[5] where it inhabits streams and still water.[6]
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| Male, Queensland | |
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| Female, Queensland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Austroagrion |
| Species: | A. exclamationis
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| Binomial name | |
| Austroagrion exclamationis Campion, 1915[2]
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- ^ Kalkman, V. (2009). "Austroagrion exclamationis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163933A5669502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163933A5669502.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Campion, H. (1915). "A new agrionine dragonfly from northern Australia". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. 16 (92): 105–108 [106]. doi:10.1080/00222931508693694 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Species Austroagrion exclamationis Campion, 1915". 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. 94. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
- ^ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.
- ^ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3.