Podopteryx

This article is about the damselfly genus. For the gliding reptile genus, see Sharovipteryx. For the fossil fish genus, see Bregmaceros.

Podopteryx is a damselfly genus. It belongs in the family Argiolestidae.^[2] They are very large damselflies found in Indonesia,^[1] New Guinea and Australia.^[3]

Podopteryx
Podopteryx selysi Australian Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Argiolestidae
Genus:	Podopteryx Selys, 1871[1]

Species

The genus Podopteryx has three described species:^[4][5]

• Podopteryx casuarina Lieftinck, 1949
• Podopteryx roseonotata Selys, 1871
• Podopteryx selysi (Foerster, 1899) – Treehole Flatwing^[3]