Hydrobasileus

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Hydrobasileus
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Hydrobasileus brevistylus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Trameinae
Tribe: Trameini
Genus: Hydrobasileus
Kirby, 1889 [1]
Type species
Hydrobasileus vittatus

Hydrobasileus is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae, [2] found in Southeast Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia. [3]

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Species

The genus Hydrobasileus includes the following three species: [4]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Hydrobasileus brevistylus female face on.jpg Hydrobasileus brevistylus (Brauer, 1865) [5] water princeNorthern Territory to Queensland and central New South Wales
Hydrobasileus croceus male.jpg Amber-winged Marsh Glider (Hydrobasileus croceus) female.,paanntt[?] prunt[?]. (43412314945).jpg Hydrobasileus croceus (Brauer, 1867)amber-winged marsh gliderSri Lanka, India
Hydrobasileus vittatus Kirby, 1889New Guinea, Indonesia

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References

  1. Kirby, W.F. (1889). "A revision of the subfamily Libellulinae, with descriptions of new genera and species". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 12: 249–348 [266] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Genus Hydrobasileus Kirby, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 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. p. 278. ISBN   0643051368.
  4. Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 2010-10-28. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  5. Theischinger, G; Hawking, J (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. p. 294. ISBN   978 0 64309 073 6.