Synlestes
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| Female Synlestes weyersii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Synlestidae |
| Genus: | Synlestes Selys, 1869[1] |
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Synlestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Synlestidae.[2] Species of Synlestes are very large damselflies, metallic green to dark bronze or black in colour with white, yellow or orange markings.[3] Unlike many other damselflies, they spread their wings when resting. They are endemic to eastern Australia where they inhabit streams.[4]
Species[edit]
The genus Synlestes includes the following species:[5]
- Synlestes selysi Tillyard, 1917 - forest needle
- Synlestes tropicus Tillyard, 1917 - tropical needle
- Synlestes weyersii Selys, 1868 - bronze needle
References[edit]
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- ^ Selys-Longchamps, E. (1869). "Les névroptères de Port Denison. in, Comptes-rendus des séances de la société entomologique de Belgique : Assemblée mensuelle du 4 avril 1868". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) (in French). 11: lxxiv-lxxviii [lxxvi] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Genus Synlestes Selys, 1869". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 5 April 2017.