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Melanesobasis
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Melanesobasis

Melanesobasis is a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. Species are endemic to the Fiji Islands and Vanuatu. These damselflies inhabit fast‐moving forested streams at medium to high elevations (100–750 m).

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Melanesobasis flavilabris

speciesMelanesobasis flavilabris

Melanesobasis mcleani

speciesMelanesobasis mcleani

Melanesobasis maculosa

speciesMelanesobasis maculosa

Melanesobasis corniculata

speciesMelanesobasis corniculata

Melanesobasis bicellulare

speciesMelanesobasis bicellulare

Melanesobasis prolixa

speciesMelanesobasis prolixa

Melanesobasis simmondsi

speciesMelanesobasis simmondsi

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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 89830.