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Little Flatwing
Archiargiolestes pusillus
Archiargiolestes pusillus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Argiolestidae, commonly known as a little flatwing. It is endemic to south-western Australia, where it inhabits streams, bogs and swamps.
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The genus name Archiargiolestes is derived from the Greek ἀρχή (archē, "beginning") combined with Argiolestes, an existing genus of damselflies. In his original description, Kennedy characterised the genus as one of the more primitive members of the Megapodagrioninae. The species name pusillus is a Latin word meaning "very small". Robin Tillyard described this damselfly as "An extremely small race found in the southern districts, and differing considerably from the type".
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 323584.