Hydrobasileus | |
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Hydrobasileus brevistylus | |
Scientific classification | |
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]
The genus Hydrobasileus includes the following three species: [4]
Male | Female | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Hydrobasileus brevistylus (Brauer, 1865) [5] | water prince | Northern Territory to Queensland and central New South Wales | ||
Hydrobasileus croceus (Brauer, 1867) | amber-winged marsh glider | Sri Lanka, India | ||
Hydrobasileus vittatus Kirby, 1889 | New Guinea, Indonesia | |||
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