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Neopetalia punctata

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Neopetalia punctata

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Neopetalia punctata is a dragonfly, the only member of the family Neopetaliidae.

Species

Data Deficient

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderOdonata
  5. FamilyNeopetaliidae
Observations recorded25

The colouration on the wings may be a form of mimicry. Austropetaliidae (sensu Carle ad Louton, 1994) also posses splotches on the wings, and until 1994 these taxa were all commonly grouped together. Carle and Louton (1994) and Carle (pers. comm.) have suggested that these splotches are used by Neopetalia to mimic austropetaliids, whose splotches are considered to be warning patterns signifying that they may be distasteful.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
9
With media
1
Family
Neopetaliidae
Collections
USNM, NHMUK
Recorded in
Chile
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taxon name
Neopetalia punctata
taxon common name
Spotwing
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Neopetalia punctata is a dragonfly, the only member of the family Neopetaliidae.

It is endemic to Argentina and Chile.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neopetalia punctata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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