Treehole flatwing | |
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Female, north Queensland | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Argiolestidae |
Genus: | Podopteryx |
Species: | P. selysi
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Binomial name | |
Podopteryx selysi | |
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Podopteryx selysi is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Argiolestidae, [3] commonly known as a treehole flatwing. [4] It can be found in coastal northern Australia and New Guinea, where its larvae live in water-filled holes in tree trunks in rainforest. [5]
Podopteryx selysi is a very large damselfly, black-metallic in colour with white to pink markings on its head and body. [4] Like other members of the family Argiolestidae, it rests with its wings outspread. [6]
Unusually, and possibly uniquely for a damselfly, the hindwings of Podopteryx selysi are longer than its forewings. For other damselflies, forewings are usually marginally longer than hindwings.
Treehole flatwing | |
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Female, north Queensland | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Argiolestidae |
Genus: | Podopteryx |
Species: | P. selysi
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Binomial name | |
Podopteryx selysi | |
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Podopteryx selysi is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Argiolestidae, [3] commonly known as a treehole flatwing. [4] It can be found in coastal northern Australia and New Guinea, where its larvae live in water-filled holes in tree trunks in rainforest. [5]
Podopteryx selysi is a very large damselfly, black-metallic in colour with white to pink markings on its head and body. [4] Like other members of the family Argiolestidae, it rests with its wings outspread. [6]
Unusually, and possibly uniquely for a damselfly, the hindwings of Podopteryx selysi are longer than its forewings. For other damselflies, forewings are usually marginally longer than hindwings.