Podopteryx

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]

Podopteryx
Podopteryx selysi
Australian Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Argiolestidae
Genus: Podopteryx
Selys, 1871[1]

Species

The genus Podopteryx has two described species:[4]

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Genus Podopteryx Selys, 1871". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
  4. Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
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