Biology:Lestoidea brevicauda

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Short description: Species of damselfly

Short-tipped bluestreak
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestoideidae
Genus: Lestoidea
Species:
L. brevicauda
Binomial name
Lestoidea brevicauda
Theischinger, 1996[2]

Lestoidea brevicauda, commonly known as the short-tipped bluestreak, is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Lestoideidae.[3][4]

It is endemic to north-east Queensland, where it inhabits rainforest streams.[5]

Lestoidea brevicauda is a medium-sized to large damselfly, dark brown to black in colour, with dull orange to greenish markings.[4]

Taxonomic history

In 1996, Günther Theischinger described Lestoidea brevicauda during a revision of the genus Lestoidea.[2]

Prior to this revision, specimens of Lestoidea brevicauda had generally been identified as Lestoidea conjuncta.[2]

Theischinger distinguished Lestoidea brevicauda from related species by differences in the shape of the male appendages and the structure of the female thorax behind the head.[2]

Description

Lestoidea brevicauda is a medium-sized to large damselfly, dark brown to black in colour, with dull orange to greenish markings.[4]

A pale spot is present at the base of each antenna.[4] Males have distinctive appendages at the tip of the abdomen, with the upper pair bent sharply downward and ending in a short rounded tip.[4][2]

Females can be identified by the broad rear margin of the section behind the head, with the sides strongly upturned.[4]

Distribution and habitat

Lestoidea brevicauda is endemic to north-east Queensland, where it inhabits rainforest streams.[5]

The species is associated mainly with lower-altitude rainforest streams in the northern part of the range of the genus.[2]

Etymology

The genus name Lestoidea is derived from Lestes and the Greek suffix -οειδής (oeidēs, "resembling" or "having the form of"), indicating resemblance to that genus.[6]

The species name brevicauda is derived from the Latin brevis ("short") and cauda ("tail"), referring to the short appendages at the tip of the male abdomen.[2][7]

  • Female wings
    Female wings
  • Male wings
    Male wings

See also

  • List of Odonata species of Australia

References

  1. ↑ Dow, R.A. (2017). "Lestoidea brevicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T87534518A87539964.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87534518/87539964. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Theischinger, G. (1996). "The species of Lestoideinae Munz (Insecta: Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestoideidae)". Linzer Biologische Beiträge 28 (1): 315–324 [318]. http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0028_1_0315-0324.pdf. 
  3. ↑ "Species Lestoidea brevicauda Theischinger, 1996". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Lestoidea_brevicauda. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3. http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/publications/09730AustOdonata.pdf. 
  6. ↑ Endersby, Ian (2012). "Etymology of the Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S.". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 134: 1-16. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/LIN/article/view/5941. 
  7. ↑ Endersby, I. (2012). "Watson and Theischinger: the etymology of the dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) names which they published". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 145 (443 & 444): 34–53 [38]. doi:10.5962/p.146542. ISSN 0035-9173. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46371079. 

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