Phyllopetalia Explained

Phyllopetalia is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austropetaliidae. They are commonly known as redspots.

All the species are endemic to Chile except for P. pudu which also occurs in Argentina.

The genus contains the following species:^[1]

• Phyllopetalia altarensis - Metropolitan Redspot^[2]
• Phyllopetalia apicalis - Narrow-flanged Redspot^[3]
• Phyllopetalia apollo - Apollo Redspot^[4]
• Phyllopetalia excrescens - Peaked Redspot^[5]
• Phyllopetalia pudu - Pudu Redspot^[6]
• Phyllopetalia stictica - Unicorn Redspot^[7]

Further reading

• Dunkle. S. W.. Phyllopetalia pudu spec. nov., a new dragonfly from Chile, with a key to the family (Anisoptera: Neopetaliidae). Odonatologica. 1985. 14. 3. 191–199.
• Carle. F. L.. Revision of Austropetaliidae (Anisoptera: Aeshnoidea). Odonatologica. 1996. 25. 3. 231–259.
• von Ellenrieder. Natalia. Taxonomy of the South American Phyllopetalia (Odonata: Austropetaliidae). International Journal of Odonatology. 2005. 8. 2. 311–352. 10.1080/13887890.2005.9748258. 219598061. 11336/54397. free.

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Odonata List. University of Puget Sound. 11 August 2010. Martin Schorr . Martin Lindeboom . Dennis Paulson .
2. von Ellenrieder, N. . Paulson, D. . amp . Phyllopetalia altarensis . 2006 . e.T59756A12014533 . 2006 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T59756A12014533.en . 24 December 2017.
3. von Ellenrieder, N. . Phyllopetalia apicalis . 2009 . e.T63232A12641779 . 2009 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T63232A12641779.en . 24 December 2017.
4. von Ellenrieder, N. . Paulson, D. . amp . Phyllopetalia apollo . 2007 . e.T63233A12642109 . 2007 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63233A12642109.en . 24 December 2017.
5. von Ellenrieder, N. . Paulson, D. . amp . Phyllopetalia excrescens . 2006 . e.T59757A12014626 . 2006 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T59757A12014626.en . 24 December 2017.
6. von Ellenrieder, N. . Phyllopetalia pudu . 2009 . e.T59758A12014715 . 2009 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T59758A12014715.en . 24 December 2017.
7. von Ellenrieder, N. . Phyllopetalia stictica . 2009 . e.T59759A12014989 . 2009 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T59759A12014989.en . 24 December 2017.