Episynlestes

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Episynlestes
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Episynlestes albicauda
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Synlestidae
Genus: Episynlestes
Kennedy, 1920 [1]
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Episynlestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Synlestidae. [2] Species of Episynlestes are large damselflies, dull bronze black in colour with pale markings and a white tip to their tails. They often perch with their wings outspread. [3] They are endemic to north-eastern Australia, where they inhabit streams. [4]

Species

The genus Episynlestes includes the following species: [5]

Genus Episynlestes Kennedy, 1920 – three species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Southern whitetip

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Episynlestes albicauda
(Tillyard, 1913)
south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales
Episynlestes albicauda distribution map.svg
Size:

Habitat: streams and pools in rainforests.

Diet:
 LC 


Tropical whitetip


Episynlestes cristatus
Watson & Moulds, 1977
north-eastern Queensland
Episynlestes cristatus distribution map.svg
Size:

Habitat: streams and pools in rainforests.

Diet:
 LC 


Intermediate whitetip


Episynlestes intermedius
Theischinger & Watson, 1985
Queensland
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Size:

Habitat: inhabits streams.

Diet:
 VU 


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References

  1. Kennedy, C.H. (1920). "Forty-two hitherto unrecognized genera and subgenera of Zygoptera". Ohio Journal of Science. 21: 83–88 [84]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.14540. hdl: 1811/2112 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Genus Episynlestes Kennedy, 1920". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. 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.
  4. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 26. ISBN   978-0-64309-073-6.
  5. Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 5 April 2017.