Podopteryx selysi
| Treehole flatwing | |
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| Australian Museum specimen | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Megapodagrionidae |
| Genus: | Podopteryx |
| Species: | P. selysi |
| Binomial name | |
| Podopteryx selysi (Förster, 1899)[1] | |
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Podopteryx selysi is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae,[2] commonly known as a treehole flatwing.[3] It can be found in coastal northern Australia and New Guinea, where its larvae live in water-filled holes in tree trunks in rainforest.[4]
Podopteryx selysi is a very large damselfly, black-metallic in colour with white to pink markings on its head and body.[3] Like other members of the Megapodagrionidae family it rests with its wings outspread.[5]
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.
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- ↑ Förster, G. (1899). "Contributions à la faune odonatologique Indo-Australe". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) (in French). 43: 63–72 [70].
- ↑ "Species Podopteryx selysi (Förster, 1899)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
- ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 233. ISBN 978 1 74232 475 3.
- ↑ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.
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