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| Podopteryx | |
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| Podopteryx selysi Australian Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Argiolestidae |
| Genus: | Podopteryx Selys, 1871[1] |
Podopteryx is a damselfly genus. It belongs in the family Argiolestidae.[2] They are very large damselflies found in Indonesia,[1] New Guinea and Australia.[3]
Species
[edit]The genus Podopteryx has three described species:[4][5]
- Podopteryx casuarina Lieftinck, 1949
- Podopteryx roseonotata Selys, 1871
- Podopteryx selysi (Förster, 1899) – Treehole Flatwing[3]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name Podopteryx is derived from the Greek πούς (pous, stem ποδ-, "foot" or "leg") and πτέρυξ (pteryx, "wing"). The first element reflects its placement in the Podagrion group, to which Selys assigned Podopteryx in 1871.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Selys-Longchamps, E. (1871). "Aperçu statistique sur les Névroptères Odonates". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (in French). 19: 409–416 [415] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ "Genus Podopteryx Selys, 1871". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- 1 2 Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Podopteryx". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
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