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Water Prince
Hydrobasileus brevistylus
Hydrobasileus brevistylus is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae,
known as the water prince. It is found in Southeast Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia.
From the article Hydrobasileus brevistylus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The genus name Hydrobasileus is derived from the Greek ὕδωρ (hydōr, "water") and βασιλεύς (basileus, "king"). The species name brevistylus is derived from the Latin brevis ("short") and stilus ("a pointed instrument for writing"), referring to the short female appendages, known as styli.
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 323710.