Lestoidea

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Lestoidea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestoideidae
Genus: Lestoidea
Tillyard, 1913 [1]
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Lestoidea is a genus of damselflies in the family Lestoideidae, [2] commonly known as bluestreaks. [3] Its species are endemic to north-east Queensland, Australia, where they inhabit rainforest streams. [3]

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Species of Lestoidea are medium-sized to large damselflies, dark brown to black in colour, with a dull orange area on the side of the thorax and greenish-yellow markings elsewhere. [4]

Species

The genus Lestoidea has four species: [5]

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References

  1. Tillyard, R.J. (1913). "On some new and rare Australian Agrionidae (Odonata)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 37 (1912): 404–479 [428]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22352 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Genus Lestoidea Tillyard, 1913". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 40. ISBN   978-0-64309-073-6.
  4. 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.
  5. Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 31 March 2017.