Biology:Hydrobasileus

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Short description: Genus of dragonflies

Hydrobasileus
Hydrobasileus brevistylus 2308.jpg
Hydrobasileus brevistylus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Trameinae
Tribe: Trameini
Genus: Hydrobasileus
Kirby, 1889[1]
Type species
Hydrobasileus vittatus

Hydrobasileus is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae,[2] found in Southeast Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia .[3]

Species

The genus Hydrobasileus includes the following three species:[4]

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Hydrobasileus brevistylus female face on.jpg Hydrobasileus brevistylus (Brauer, 1865)[5] water prince Northern Territory to Queensland and central New South Wales
Hydrobasileus croceus male.jpg 120px Hydrobasileus croceus (Brauer, 1867) amber-winged marsh glider Sri Lanka, India
Hydrobasileus vittatus Kirby, 1889 New Guinea, Indonesia

See also

  • List of Odonata species of Australia

References

  1. Kirby, W.F. (1889). "A revision of the subfamily Libellulinae, with descriptions of new genera and species". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 12: 249–348 [266]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31019663. 
  2. "Genus Hydrobasileus Kirby, 1889". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Hydrobasileus. 
  3. 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. pp. 278. ISBN 0643051368. 
  4. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/. 
  5. Theischinger, G; Hawking, J (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. p. 294. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6. 

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