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| Common Flatwing | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Argiolestidae |
| Genus: | Austroargiolestes Kennedy, 1925[1] |
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Austroargiolestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Argiolestidae.[2] They are commonly known as Flatwings; unlike many other damselflies, at rest their wings are spread out flat.[3]
They are medium-sized dragonflies with bronze-black colouring and pale markings. Species of Austroargiolestes are endemic to eastern Australia.[4]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name Austroargiolestes combines the prefix austro- (from Latin auster, meaning “south wind”, hence “southern”) with Argiolestes, the name of a related genus. It refers to a southern representative of that group.[5]
In 1925, Clarence Hamilton Kennedy established Austroargiolestes to "include Argiolestes icteromelas ... and other Australian species" having some similar physical characters of wings and tail appendages.[1][5]
Species
[edit]The genus Austroargiolestes includes the following species:[6]
- Austroargiolestes alpinus (Tillyard, 1913) – New England Flatwing
- Austroargiolestes amabilis (Förster, 1899) – Flame Flatwing
- Austroargiolestes aureus (Tillyard, 1906) – Tropical Flatwing
- Austroargiolestes brookhousei Theischinger & O'Farrell, 1986 – Barrington Flatwing
- Austroargiolestes calcaris (Fraser, 1958) – Powdered Flatwing
- Austroargiolestes christine Theischinger & O'Farrell, 1986 – Milky Flatwing
- Austroargiolestes chrysoides (Tillyard, 1913) – Golden Flatwing
- Austroargiolestes elke Theischinger & O'Farrell, 1986 – Azure Flatwing
- Austroargiolestes icteromelas (Selys, 1862) – Common Flatwing
- Austroargiolestes isabellae Theischinger & O'Farrell, 1986 – Sydney Flatwing
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Kennedy, C.H. (1925). "New genera of Megapodagrioninae, with notes on the subfamily". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. 67: 291–311 [294] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ "Genus Austroargiolestes Kennedy, 1925". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ↑ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.
- ↑ Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
- 1 2 Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
- ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
