Austrolestes
| Austrolestes | |
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| Blue Ringtail (Austrolestes annulosus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Lestidae |
| Genus: | Austrolestes Tillyard, 1913[1] |
Austrolestes is a genus of medium to large-sized damselflies in the family Lestidae.[2] Austrolestes dragonflies sit with their wings folded completely back.[1] Males are usually bright blue and black, the females duller. Members of this genus are found in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific islands.
Species
The genus Austrolestes includes the following species:[3]
- Austrolestes aleison Watson & Moulds, 1979 - Western ringtail
- Austrolestes analis (Rambur, 1842) - Slender ringtail
- Austrolestes annulosus (Selys, 1862) - Blue ringtail
- Austrolestes aridus (Tillyard, 1908) - Inland ringtail
- Austrolestes cingulatus (Burmeister, 1839) - Metallic ringtail
- Austrolestes colensonis (White, 1846) - Blue damselfly, kekewai
- Austrolestes insularis Tillyard, 1913 - Northern ringtail
- Austrolestes io (Selys, 1862) - Iota ringtail
- Austrolestes leda (Selys, 1862) - Wandering ringtail
- Austrolestes minjerriba Watson, 1979 - Dune ringtail
- Austrolestes psyche (Hagen in Selys, 1862) - Cup ringtail
Etymology
The genus name Austrolestes is derived from the latin word auster meaning south wind, hence south; and the damselfly genus Lestes, which is from the Greek word λῃστής meaning a robber.[1][4] In 1913, Robin Tillyard described the genus Austrolestes as having characters similar to the very large genus Lestes, which, unlike Austrolestes, sit with their wings outspread.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c d Tillyard, R.J. (1913). "On some new and rare Australian Agrionidae (Odonata)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 37 (1912): 404–479 [421] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Genus Austrolestes Tillyard, 1913". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ Endersby, I. (2012). "Watson and Theischinger: the etymology of the dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) names which they published". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 145 (443 & 444): 34–53. ISSN 0035-9173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
- Annette Walker; et al. (2000). The Reed Handbook of Common New Zealand Insects. Raupo Publishing (NZ). ISBN 0-7900-0718-5.