Biology:Lestoidea

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Short description: Genus of damselflies

Lestoidea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestoideidae
Genus: Lestoidea
Tillyard, 1913[1]
Lestoidea distribution map.svg

Lestoidea is a genus of damselflies in the family Lestoideidae,[2] commonly known as bluestreaks.[3] Its species are endemic to north-east Queensland, Australia, where they inhabit rainforest streams.[3]

Species of Lestoidea are medium-sized to large damselflies, dark brown to black in colour, with a dull orange area on the side of the thorax and greenish-yellow markings elsewhere.[4]

Species

The genus Lestoidea has four species:[5]

See also

  • List of Odonata species of Australia

References

  1. Tillyard, R.J. (1913). "On some new and rare Australian Agrionidae (Odonata)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37 (1912): 404–479 [428]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22352. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2903660. 
  2. "Genus Lestoidea Tillyard, 1913". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Lestoidea;LESTOIDEIDAE. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 40. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6. 
  4. 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. 
  5. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 

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