Species profile—Synlestes tropicus (tropical needle)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Synlestidae (sylph or malachite damselflies) → Synlestes tropicus (tropical needle)
Sighting data
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
Other resources
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.
