Micromidia atrifrons

{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}

{{Speciesbox

|name=Forest mosquitohawk

| image = Forest Mosquitohawk (male) 9839.jpg

| image_caption= Male Cairns, Australia.

|image2=Forest Mosquitohawk (female) 9876.jpg

|image2_caption=Female

|status=LC

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Hawking, J. |year=2009 |title=Micromidia atrifrons |volume=2009 |page=e.T163572A5617655 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163572A5617655.en |access-date=29 September 2024}}

|taxon=Micromidia atrifrons

|authority=(McLachlan, 1883){{Cite journal|last=McLachlan|first=R.|year=1883|title=Description d'une espèce nouvelle de Corduline du sous-genre Syncordulia|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50037086|journal=Comptes-rendus des séances de la Société entomologique de Belgique|language=fr|series=3|volume=32|pages=xc-xci [xc]|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}

|range_map=Micromidia atrifrons distribution map.svg

}}

Micromidia atrifrons is a species of dragonfly in the superfamily Libelluloidea,{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Micromidia_atrifrons|title=Species Micromidia atrifrons (McLachlan, 1883)|date=2022|website=Australian Faunal Directory|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study|access-date=1 September 2024}}{{World Odonata List}}

known as the Forest mosquitohawk.{{Cite book|title=The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia|last1=Theischinger|first1=Günther|last2=Hawking|first2=John|publisher=CSIRO Publishing|year=2021|isbn=9781486313747|location=Melbourne, Australia|pages=406 |edition=2nd}}

It is a small to medium-sized, black to metallic green dragonfly with pale markings on its abdomen,

endemic to north-eastern Australia,{{Cite book|title=The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata|last1=Watson|first1=J.A.L.|last2=Theischinger|first2=G.|last3=Abbey|first3=H.M.|publisher=CSIRO|year=1991|isbn=0643051368|location=Melbourne}}

where it inhabits streams.{{cite book|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/publications/09730AustOdonata.pdf|title=Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata|last2=Endersby|first2=Ian|date=2009|publisher=Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW|isbn=978-1-74232-475-3|pages=224|last1=Theischinger|first1=Gunther}}