Phyllopetalia: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Austropetaliidae
Genus
Phyllopetalia
Species
Scientific Name
Phyllopetalia

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Phyllopetalia

Phyllopetalia is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austropetaliidae. They are commonly known as redspots.

All the species are endemic to Chile except for P. pudu which also occurs in Argentina.

The genus contains the following species:

  • Phyllopetalia altarensis (Carle, 1996) - Metropolitan Redspot
  • Phyllopetalia apicalis Selys, 1858 - Narrow-flanged Redspot
  • Phyllopetalia apollo Selys, 1878 - Apollo Redspot
  • Phyllopetalia excrescens (Carle, 1996) - Peaked Redspot
  • Phyllopetalia pudu Dunkle, 1985 - Pudu Redspot
  • Phyllopetalia stictica Hagen in Selys, 1858 - Unicorn Redspot
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