Biology:Lestoidea
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Short description: Genus of damselflies
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Lestoideidae |
Genus: | Lestoidea Tillyard, 1913[1] |
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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]
- Lestoidea barbarae Watson, 1967 - large bluestreak
- Lestoidea brevicauda Theischinger, 1996- short-tipped bluestreak
- Lestoidea conjuncta Tillyard, 1913- common bluestreak
- Lestoidea lewisiana Theischinger, 1996 - Mount Lewis bluestreak
See also
- List of Odonata species of Australia
References
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Genus Lestoidea Tillyard, 1913". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Lestoidea;LESTOIDEIDAE.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q743422 entry
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