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Species profile—Synlestes tropicus (tropical needle)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Synlestidae (sylph or malachite damselflies) → Synlestes tropicus (tropical needle)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Insecta (insects)
Family
Synlestidae (sylph or malachite damselflies)
Scientific name
Synlestes tropicus Tillyard, 1917
Common name
tropical needle
Type reference
Tillyard, R.J. 1917. On some new dragonflies from Australia and Tasmania (Order Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42: 450-479 pl. xxiii
WildNet taxon ID
35272
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Aquatic & Terrestrial

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=35272.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024