Lestoidea is a genus of damselflies in the family Lestoideidae,[2] commonly known as bluestreaks.[3]
| Lestoidea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Lestoideidae |
| Genus: | Lestoidea Tillyard, 1913[1] |
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The genus is endemic to north-east Queensland, Australia, where its species inhabit rainforest streams.[3]
Species of Lestoidea are medium-sized to large damselflies, dark brown to black in colour, with dull orange, greenish or bluish markings.[3][4] Most species have a pale spot at the base of each antenna, although this is absent in Lestoidea lewisiana.[3]
Taxonomic history
editIn 1913, Tillyard described the genus Lestoidea based on Lestoidea conjuncta, regarding it as intermediate between the damselfly groups then recognised as Lestes and Protoneura.[1]
For many years Lestoidea was considered to contain only a single species.[5] In 1967, Watson described a second species, Lestoidea barbarae, from north-east Queensland.[5]
In 1996, Günther Theischinger revised the genus and recognised four distinct species, describing Lestoidea brevicauda and Lestoidea lewisiana.[6]
Description
editSpecies of Lestoidea inhabit rainforest streams in north-east Queensland, with some species restricted to particular mountain ranges or upland regions.[3][6]
The genus is distinguished by the elongated pterostigma and by reduced wing venation near the base of the wing.[3][1] Larvae are relatively flat-bodied and possess sac-like caudal gills.[3]
Species
editThe genus Lestoidea has four species:[7]
- Lestoidea barbarae Watson, 1967 – large bluestreak
- Lestoidea brevicauda Theischinger, 1996 – short-tipped bluestreak
- Lestoidea conjuncta Tillyard, 1913 – common bluestreak
- Lestoidea lewisiana Theischinger, 1996 – Mount Lewis bluestreak
Etymology
editSee also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 4 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]. Bibcode:1913PLSNS..37..404T. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22352 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ "Genus Lestoidea Tillyard, 1913". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Watson, J.A.L. (1967). "A second species of Lestoidea Tillyard from north Queensland (Odonata: Lestoidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 15 (6): 895–901. doi:10.1071/ZO9670895.
- 1 2 Theischinger, G. (1996). "The Australian species of Lestoidea Tillyard (Odonata: Lestoideidae)". Linzer biologische Beiträge. 28 (1): 365–377.
- ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
- ↑ Endersby, Ian (2012). "Etymology of the Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S." Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 134: 1–16.
