Austroargiolestes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Zygoptera
Superfamilia: Calopterygoidea

Familia: Argiolestidae
Subfamilia: Argiolestinae
Genus: Austroargiolestes
Species: A. chrysoides – A. alpinus – A. amabilis – A. aureus – A. brookhousei – A. calcaris – A. christine – A. elke – A. icteromelas – A. isabellae
Name
Austroargiolestes Kennedy, 1925

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]
Species

The genus Austroargiolestes includes the following species:[5]

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

List of Odonata species of Australia

References
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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.
*Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.