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A fairy dusted dragonfly found in artesian springs in Queensland

       Image Source: Wikimedia Commons An artesian spring near Aramac, in the Barcaldine region of Central Queensland , is the habitat of a recently classified species of tiny-frosted dragonflies: Nannophya fenshami sp. nov. With less than 30 mm wingspan and bluish pruinose over its thorax and abdomen, this little-fairy creature represents the high concentration of endemic species throughout the Great Artesian Basin (Theischinger 2020). Gunther Theischinger has known about a potentially new species of dragonfly since 2002 when he received some larvae and one of them seemed to be from Nannophya Rambur, 1842 genus, but some of its characteristics did not match any related species. Theischinger & Hawking (2006) describe Nannophy as a genus of small to tiny dragonflies from southern and eastern Asia to Australia. Only four species of this genus were known in Australia, with at least partly red male bodies and a complete cross-vein system (antenodal) on their back wings. This Genus is p