Argiolestidae

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Argiolestidae
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Austroargiolestes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Argiolestidae
Fraser, 1957
Subfamilies

Argiolestidae is a family of flat-wing damselflies in the order Odonata. There are at least 20 genera and more than 160 described species in Argiolestidae. [1]

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References

  1. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-24.

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