Biology:Podopteryx

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Short description: Genus of damselflies

Podopteryx
Podopteryx selysi female (11512974846).jpg
Podopteryx selysi
Australian Museum specimen
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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

The genus Podopteryx has two described species:[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Selys-Longchamps, E. (1871). "Aperçu statistique sur les Névroptères Odonates" (in French). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 19: 409–416 [415]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14778063. 
  2. "Genus Podopteryx Selys, 1871". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Podopteryx. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8. 
  4. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/. Retrieved 11 August 2010. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2094131 entry