Lestoidea

Lestoidea is a genus of damselflies in the family Lestoideidae,[2] commonly known as bluestreaks.[3] Its species are endemic to north-east Queensland, Australia, where they inhabit rainforest streams.[3]

This article is about the damselfly genus. For the Odonata superfamily, see Lestoidea (superfamily).

Lestoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestoideidae
Genus: Lestoidea
Tillyard, 1913[1]

Species of Lestoidea are medium-sized to large damselflies, dark brown to black in colour, with a dull orange area on the side of the thorax and greenish-yellow markings elsewhere.[4]

Species

The genus Lestoidea has four species:[5]

gollark: wmctalon probably more thiyghm
gollark: ^
gollark: All coppers are mine, as all nebulae are ezio's.
gollark: Noooo! My coppery copper!
gollark: Chickens are the best type of dragon, except for the other best ones.

See also

References
  1. 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 [428] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Genus Lestoidea Tillyard, 1913". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  3. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
  4. 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.
  5. Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
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