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Flatwing Family
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Flatwing Family

Argiolestidae

Argiolestidae is a family of flat-wing damselflies in the order Odonata. There are at least 20 genera and more than 160 described species in Argiolestidae.

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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

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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.