Argiolestinae

Argiolestinae
Sydney Flatwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Megapodagrionidae
Subfamily: Argiolestinae
Fraser, 1960

Argiolestinae is a subfamily of damselflies. They belong to the flatwing damselfly family, Megapodagrionidae. Like their relatives but unlike damselflies of other families, they usually spread their hindwings horizontally when resting. It is also the largest subfamily in Megapodagrionidae.

Genera

The following genera are placed in the Argiolestinae:[1]

Footnotes

  1. odonata.info (2005)

References

  • odonata.info (2005): List of Argiolestinae genera. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
  • Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.


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