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Lestes concinnus

Major Group: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Lestes
Species: concinnus
This genus is represented in Australian freshwaters by a single species, Lestes concinnus.

Descriptive Features:

  • prementum petiolate
  • outer portion of labial palps fork-shaped with 2 slightly dissimilar branches
  • inner portion of labial palps with apex long, thin, claw-shaped
  • Total length:
  • Taxonomic Checklist:
    Lestes concinnus
    Hagen, 1862

    Distribution: Qld, NT, WA

    Functional Feeding Group: predators

     

    South Alligator River, Kakadu NT

     

    Information Sources: Houston 1988, Theischinger & Hawking 2006