Austroargiolestes
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| Flatwings | |
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| Common Flatwing | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Argiolestidae |
| Genus: | Austroargiolestes Kennedy, 1925[1] |
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Austroargiolestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Argiolestidae.[2] They are commonly known as Flatwings; unlike many other damselflies, at rest their wings are spread out flat.[3]
They are medium-sized dragonflies with bronze-black colouring and pale markings. Species of Austroargiolestes are endemic to eastern Australia.[4]
The genus name Austroargiolestes combines the prefix austro- (from Latin auster, meaning “south wind”, hence “southern”) with Argiolestes, the name of a related genus. It refers to a southern representative of that group.[5]
Kennedy established Austroargiolestes to "include Argiolestes icteromelas ... and other Australian species" having some similar physical characters of wings and tail appendages.[1][5]
