Short-tipped bluestreak | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Lestoideidae |
Genus: | Lestoidea |
Species: | L. brevicauda |
Binomial name | |
Lestoidea brevicauda Theischinger, 1996 [2] | |
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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]
Lestoidea brevicauda is a medium-sized to large damselfly, dark coloured with dull orange to greenish markings. [4]
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]