Tropical needle | |
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Male at Davies Creek, north Queensland | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Synlestidae |
Genus: | Synlestes |
Species: | S. tropicus
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Binomial name | |
Synlestes tropicus | |
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Synlestes tropicus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Synlestidae, [3] commonly known as a tropical needle. [4] It is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, where it inhabits streams in rainforests. [5]
Synlestes tropicus is a large to very large damselfly, coloured a metallic green-black with pale markings. It perches with its wings partially or fully outspread. [6]
Tropical needle | |
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Male at Davies Creek, north Queensland | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Synlestidae |
Genus: | Synlestes |
Species: | S. tropicus
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Binomial name | |
Synlestes tropicus | |
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Synlestes tropicus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Synlestidae, [3] commonly known as a tropical needle. [4] It is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, where it inhabits streams in rainforests. [5]
Synlestes tropicus is a large to very large damselfly, coloured a metallic green-black with pale markings. It perches with its wings partially or fully outspread. [6]