{{Short description|Species of damselfly}} {{Speciesbox | image = Springwater_Dancer_Argia_plana_2009-04-04.jpg | genus = Argia | species = funebris | authority = (Hagen, 1861) <ref>{{ITIS |id=592398 |taxon=''Argia funebris''}}</ref> | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN1>{{Cite web | url = https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/120036372/120036623 | title = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | date = 2020 | last = IUCN | access-date = 25 October 2024 }}</ref> | range_map = North_America_Range_Argia_plana.svg | range_map_caption = Range of ''A. funebris'' <ref>{{Cite web | title = Distribution Viewer | publisher = OdonataCentral | url = http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/MapAction.windowed | accessdate = December 6, 2009}}</ref> }}
The '''springwater dancer''' (''Argia funebris'') is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae.
== Description == The springwater dancer has a black stripe along the side of its thorax. The male is typically blue, but some can be violet. The female is pale brown.<ref name="abbott">{{Cite book |title=Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States |last=Abbott |first=John C. |year=2005 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=0-691-11364-5 |pages=81–82}}</ref>
== Similar species == Its central range helps to distinguish it from the other blue damselflies with which it is easily confused, especially the similar looking vivid dancer. The Apache dancer is larger, but with an overall length of 34-40mm the springwater tends to be larger than the other similar blue dancers including the lavender dancer. The stripe on the side of the thorax is forked in the Aztec dancer and variable dancer.<ref name="abbott"/>
== Etymology == The springwater dancer's preferred habitat of shallow springs is reflected in its common name. The previous scientific epithet, ''plana'', means flat or wandering, but the significance is unknown.<ref name=checklistodo>{{cite web | last1 = Paulson | first1 = Dennis R. | last2 = Dunkle | first2 = Sidney W. | last3 = Johnson | first3 = Jim T. | date = 2024 | title = A Checklist of North American Odonata, Including English Name, Etymology, Type Locality, and Distribution (2024 Edition) | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377845833 | page = 11 }}</ref> This epithet has changed to ''funebris'' in 2022 after new analyses. This new epithet is in reference of a funeral, however, its allusion is unknown <ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Garrison | first1 = Rosser W. | last2 = Von Ellenrieder | first2 = Natalia | date = 2022 | title = Damselflies of the genus Argia Rambur, 1842 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) from Mexico, Central America and the Lesser Antilles with descriptions of five new species | url = https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5201.1.1 | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 5201 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–439 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.5201.1.1 | pmid = 37045012 | url-access = subscription }}</ref><ref name=checklistodo></ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://bugguide.net/node/view/57043 Argia funebris] on BugGuide.Net
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Category:Coenagrionidae Category:Odonata of North America Category:Insects of Mexico Category:Insects of the United States Category:Insects described in 1902
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