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Flatwing Family
Argiolestidae
Argiolestidae is a family of damselflies in the superfamily Megapodagrionoidea. The family occurs primarily in Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Southeast Asia, Madagascar and parts of Africa, with most species inhabiting forest streams and other freshwater habitats.
Members of the family are commonly known as flatwings because adults usually perch with their wings held outstretched rather than folded above the abdomen. Species are slender damselflies associated with boggy seepages, swamps and streams.
20 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 127 known species
Flatwings
genusAustroargiolestes
Griseargiolestes
genusGriseargiolestes
Podolestes
genusPodolestes
Archiargiolestes
genusArchiargiolestes
Nesolestes
genusNesolestes
Celebargiolestes
genusCelebargiolestes
Caledopteryx
genusCaledopteryx
Miniargiolestes
genusMiniargiolestes
Eoargiolestes
genusEoargiolestes
Podopteryx
genusPodopteryx
Trineuragrion
genusTrineuragrion
Caledargiolestes
genusCaledargiolestes
Allolestes
genusAllolestes
African Flatwings
genusNeurolestes
Luzonargiolestes
genusLuzonargiolestes
Pyrrhargiolestes
genusPyrrhargiolestes
Metagrion
genusMetagrion
Argiolestes
genusArgiolestes
Wahnesia
genusWahnesia
Solomonargiolestes
genusSolomonargiolestes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 550512.