Neopetalia | |
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Nymph of Neopetalia punctata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Superfamily: | Cordulegastroidea |
Family: | Neopetaliidae Tillyard and Fraser, 1940 |
Genus: | Neopetalia Cowley, 1934 |
Species: | N. punctata |
Binomial name | |
Neopetalia punctata (Hagen in Selys, 1854) | |
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