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{{Short description|Species of damselfly}} |
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| status = LC |
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| status_system = IUCN3.1 |
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| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Dow, R.A. |date=2017 |title=''Austrolestes aleison'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T14676531A59256818 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14676531A59256818.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> |
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| taxon = Austrolestes aleison |
| taxon = Austrolestes aleison |
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| authority = [[species:Tony Watson|Watson]] & [[species:Maxwell S. Moulds|Moulds]], 1979<ref name="Watson Moulds 1979">{{Cite journal|last1=Watson|first1=J.A.L.|last2=Moulds|first2=M.S.|date=1979|title=New species of Australian Lestidae (Odonata)|journal=Journal of the Australian Entomological Society|volume=18|issue=2|pages=143–155 [144]|doi=10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00828.x|url=https://zenodo.org/record/3699605}}</ref> |
| authority = [[species:Tony Watson|Watson]] & [[species:Maxwell S. Moulds|Moulds]], 1979<ref name="Watson Moulds 1979">{{Cite journal|last1=Watson|first1=J.A.L.|last2=Moulds|first2=M.S.|date=1979|title=New species of Australian Lestidae (Odonata)|journal=Journal of the Australian Entomological Society|volume=18|issue=2|pages=143–155 [144]|doi=10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00828.x|url=https://zenodo.org/record/3699605|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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== Etymology == |
== Etymology == |
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The word ''aleison'' is from the |
The word ''aleison'' is from the Greek word ἄλεισον, meaning a goblet. In 1979, [[species:Tony Watson|Tony Watson]] and [[species:Maxwell S. Moulds|Max Moulds]] named this species of damselfly after the goblet-shape of the mark on segment 2 of the male abdomen.<ref name="Watson Moulds 1979"/><ref name="Endersby 2012">{{Cite journal|last=Endersby|first=I.|date=2012|title=Watson and Theischinger: the etymology of the dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) names which they published|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46371075|journal=Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales|volume=145|issue=443 & 444|pages=34–53 [37]|issn=0035-9173|via=[[Biodiversity Heritage Library]]}}</ref> |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Lestidae |
| Genus: | Austrolestes |
| Species: | A. aleison
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| Austrolestes aleison | |
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Austrolestes aleison is an Australian species of damselfly in the family Lestidae,[3] commonly known as a western ringtail.[4] It is endemic to south-western Australia, where it inhabits pools, ponds and lakes.[5]
Austrolestes aleison is a medium-sized to large damselfly, the male is blue and black.[6]
Etymology
[edit]The word aleison is from the Greek word ἄλεισον, meaning a goblet. In 1979, Tony Watson and Max Moulds named this species of damselfly after the goblet-shape of the mark on segment 2 of the male abdomen.[2][7]
Gallery
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Goblet shape on the tail of a male Austrolestes aleison -
Female wings -
Male wings
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See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Austrolestes aleison.
Wikispecies has information related to Austrolestes aleison.
- ^ Dow, R.A. (2017). "Austrolestes aleison". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14676531A59256818. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14676531A59256818.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Watson, J.A.L.; Moulds, M.S. (1979). "New species of Australian Lestidae (Odonata)". Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 18 (2): 143–155 [144]. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00828.x.
- ^ "Species Austrolestes aleison Watson & Moulds, 1979". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
- ^ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3.
- ^ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.
- ^ Endersby, I. (2012). "Watson and Theischinger: the etymology of the dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) names which they published". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 145 (443 & 444): 34–53 [37]. ISSN 0035-9173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.