Podopteryx

Podopteryx is a damselfly genus. It belongs in the family Argiolestidae.[2] They are very large damselflies found in Indonesia,[1] New Guinea and Australia.[3]

This article is about the damselfly genus. For the gliding reptile genus, see Sharovipteryx. For the fossil fish genus, see Bregmaceros.

Podopteryx
Podopteryx selysi
Australian Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Argiolestidae
Genus: Podopteryx
Selys, 1871[1]

Species

The genus Podopteryx has two described species:[4]

References
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  1. Selys-Longchamps, E. (1871). "Aperçu statistique sur les Névroptères Odonates". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (in French). 19: 409–416 [415] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Genus Podopteryx Selys, 1871". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
  4. Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
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