# Springwater dancer

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{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Springwater_Dancer_Argia_plana_2009-04-04.jpg
| genus = Argia
| species = funebris
| authority = (Hagen, 1861)&nbsp;<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''&nbsp;<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](/source/damselfly) of the family [Coenagrionidae](/source/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](/source/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](/source/vivid_dancer).
The [Apache dancer](/source/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](/source/lavender_dancer).
The stripe on the side of the thorax is forked in the [Aztec dancer](/source/Aztec_dancer) and [variable dancer](/source/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

{{Taxonbar|from=Q749843}}

Category:Coenagrionidae
Category:Odonata of North America
Category:Insects of Mexico
Category:Insects of the United States
Category:Insects described in 1902

{{Coenagrionidae-stub}}

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