Argiolestinae

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Argiolestinae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Argiolestidae
Subfamily: Argiolestinae
Fraser, 1957 [1]
Common Flatwing (male) Austroargiolestes icteromelas Common Flatwing.jpg
Common Flatwing (male) Austroargiolestes icteromelas

Argiolestinae is a subfamily of damselflies. They belong to the flatwing damselfly family, Argiolestidae. Like their relatives but unlike damselflies of other families, they usually spread their wings horizontally when resting. It is the largest subfamily in Argiolestidae, making up almost three-quarters of the family's species, found primarily in Australia, New Guinea, and New Caledonia. [2] [3]

Genera

The following genera are placed in the Argiolestinae: [3] [4] [5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Fraser, F.C. (1957). A reclassification of the order Odonata. Handbook / Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales; 12. Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. pp. 133 [60].
  2. ↑ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. Bibcode:2014SysEn..39...68D. doi: 10.1111/syen.12035 .
  3. 1 2 Kalkman, Vincent J.; Theischinger, Gunther (2013). "Generic revision of Argiolestidae (Odonata), with four new genera". International Journal of Odonatology. 16 (1). Taylor & Francis: 1–52. Bibcode:2013IJOdo..16....1K. doi: 10.1080/13887890.2012.749450 . S2CID   84991982.
  4. ↑ "Odonata Central" . Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  5. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
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