Austrolestes minjerriba Watson, 1979 is a animal in the Lestidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Austrolestes minjerriba Watson, 1979

Austrolestes minjerriba Watson, 1979

Austrolestes minjerriba, the dune ringtail, is a medium-large Australian Lestidae damselfly found in coastal dune wetlands of northeast Australia.

Family
Genus
Austrolestes
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Austrolestes minjerriba Watson, 1979

Austrolestes minjerriba (Watson, 1979) is an Australian damselfly species belonging to the family Lestidae. It is commonly known by the common name dune ringtail. This species occurs in coastal regions of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland. Its habitat consists of acidic dune lakes and swamps. It is a medium-sized to large damselfly, and mature males are colored light blue and black.

Photo: (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Reiner Richter · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Lestidae Austrolestes

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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