Tropical flatwing | |
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Male, Mount Lewis, Queensland | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Argiolestidae |
Genus: | Austroargiolestes |
Species: | A. aureus |
Binomial name | |
Austroargiolestes aureus | |
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Austroargiolestes aureus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Argiolestidae, [3] commonly known as a tropical flatwing. [4] It is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, where it inhabits streams in rainforest. [5]
Austroargiolestes aureus is a medium-sized to large, black and yellow damselfly, without pruinescence. [4] Like other members of the family Argiolestidae, it rests with its wings outspread. [6]