Idiocnemis bidentata

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| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Idiocnemis

| species = bidentata

| authority = Selys, 1878

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Idiocnemis bidentata is a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is known only from the province of Papua on the island of New Guinea.Kalkman, V. 2009. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/163839/0 Idiocnemis bidentata.] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 February 2016. It is mostly limited to the Bird's Head Peninsula.Gassmann, D. 2000. [http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/51440 Revision of the Papuan Idiocnemis bidentata-group (Odonata: Platycnemididae).] Zoologische Mededelingen 74 375-402.

Males of the species have an abdomen up to 3.4 centimeters long; the females are slightly smaller. Males are brown to black in color with yellow markings and females are similar in color.

Little is known about the biology of the species.

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Category:Platycnemididae

Category:Endemic fauna of Indonesia

Category:Insects described in 1878

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