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Archaeosynthemis
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Archaeosynthemis

Archaeosynthemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Synthemistidae. Species of Archaeosynthemis are found across southern Australia. They are medium-sized dragonflies with black and yellow markings.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Twinspot Tigertail

speciesArchaeosynthemis leachii

Eastern Brown Tigertail

speciesArchaeosynthemis orientalis

Western Brown Tigertail

speciesArchaeosynthemis occidentalis

Spiny Tigertail

speciesArchaeosynthemis spiniger

Archaeosynthemis macrostigma

speciesArchaeosynthemis macrostigma

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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 86595.