Lestoidea brevicauda

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Short-tipped bluestreak
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestoideidae
Genus: Lestoidea
Species:
L. brevicauda
Binomial name
Lestoidea brevicauda
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Lestoidea brevicauda is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Lestoideidae, [3] commonly known as a short-tipped bluestreak. [4] It is endemic to north-east Queensland, where it inhabits streams in rainforest. [5]

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Lestoidea brevicauda is a medium-sized to large damselfly, dark coloured with dull orange to greenish markings. [4]

Etymology

The species name brevicauda is derived from two Latin words: brevis meaning short; and cauda meaning tail. In 1996 Theischinger named this species with regard to the short appendages at the tip of the male abdomen. [2] [6]

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References

  1. Dow, R.A. (2017). "Lestoidea brevicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T87534518A87539964. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T87534518A87539964.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Theischinger, G. (1996). "The species of Lestoideinae Munz (Insecta: Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestoideidae)" (PDF). Linzer Biologische Beiträge. 28 (1): 315–324 [318].
  3. "Species Lestoidea brevicauda Theischinger, 1996". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  4. 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.
  5. Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 223. ISBN   978-1-74232-475-3.
  6. Endersby, I. (2012). "Watson and Theischinger: the etymology of the dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) names which they published". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 145 (443 & 444): 34–53 [38]. ISSN   0035-9173 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.