Lathrecista

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Lathrecista
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Lathrecista asiatica male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Libellulinae
Genus: Lathrecista
Kirby, 1889 [1]
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Lathrecista is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. [2] There is only one known species of this genus which occurs in India through Southeast Asia and Australia. [3]

Species

The genus Lathrecista contains a single species: [4]

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<i>Raphismia</i> Genus of dragonflies

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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 [291] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Genus Lathrecista Kirby, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 262. ISBN   978 0 64309 073 6.
  4. Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 27 February 2017.