Phyllopetalia
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| Phyllopetalia | |
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| Phyllopetalia excrescens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Austropetaliidae |
| Genus: | Phyllopetalia Selys, 1858[1] |
| Type species | |
| Phyllopetalia stictica Hagen in Selys, 1858 | |
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Phyllopetalia is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austropetaliidae. They are commonly known as redspots.
All the species are endemic to Chile except for P. pudu which also occurs in Argentina.
The genus contains the following species:[3]
- Phyllopetalia altarensis (Carle, 1996) - Metropolitan Redspot[4]
- Phyllopetalia apicalis Selys, 1858 - Narrow-flanged Redspot[5]
- Phyllopetalia apollo Selys, 1878 - Apollo Redspot[6]
- Phyllopetalia excrescens (Carle, 1996) - Peaked Redspot[7]
- Phyllopetalia pudu Dunkle, 1985 - Pudu Redspot[8]
- Phyllopetalia stictica Hagen in Selys, 1858 - Unicorn Redspot[9]
