Podopteryx

This article is about the damselfly genus. For the gliding reptile genus, see Sharovipteryx. For the fossil fish genus, see Bregmaceros.

Podopteryx
Podopteryx selysi
Australian Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Argiolestidae
Genus: Podopteryx
Selys, 1871[1]

Podopteryx is a damselfly genus. It belongs in the family Argiolestidae.[2] They are very large damselflies found in Indonesia,[1] New Guinea and Australia.[3]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Cite error: The named reference OZ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).