Podopteryx

Podopteryx
Podopteryx selysi
Australian Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Argiolestidae
Genus: Podopteryx
Selys, 1871

Podopteryx is a damselfly genus. It belongs in the family Argiolestidae. They are very large damselflies found in Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia.

Species

The genus Podopteryx has three described species:

Etymology

The genus name Podopteryx is derived from the Greek πούς (pous, stem ποδ-, "foot" or "leg") and πτέρυξ (pteryx, "wing"). The first element reflects its placement in the Podagrion group, to which Selys assigned Podopteryx in 1871.

References

  1. 1 2 Selys-Longchamps, E. (1871). "Aperçu statistique sur les Névroptères Odonates". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (in French). 19: 409–416 [415] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ↑ "Genus Podopteryx Selys, 1871". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
  4. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Podopteryx". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  6. ↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.