| Isostictidae | |
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| Oristicta filicicola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Coenagrionoidea |
| Family: | Isostictidae Fraser, 1955[1] |
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Austrosticta | |
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Isostictidae is a family of small to medium-sized damselflies restricted to Australia, New Caledonia, and New Guinea.[2] It contains 12 genera and more than 40 species.[3] Members of this family resemble species in the former threadtail family (Protoneuridae).
- ^ Fraser, F.C. (1955). "A new isostictine dragonfly from Australia with some remarks on the subfamily Isostictinae nov. (Odon., Protoneuridae)". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 91: 227-230 [227].
- ^ "Family ISOSTICTIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ Dijkstra, K.D.B.; et al. (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365. Archived from the original on 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2017-03-30.