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Zygoptera

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Zygoptera [zī′gäp·tə·rə]
(invertebrate zoology)
The damsel flies, a suborder of insects in the order Odonata; individuals are slender, dainty creatures, often with bright-blue or orange coloring and usually with clear or transparent wings.


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00 Paperback QL520 A veteran in the study of aquatic insects, Theischinger (Australian Museum) and Hawking, an invertebrate ecologist at the Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, present a highly illustrated guide to species of Zygoptera (Damselflies) and Epiproctophora/Anisoptera (Dragonflies proper) that are found in Australia.
There are two distinctive groups - the Anisoptera or true dragonflies,and the Zygoptera or damselflies.
Surface sculpin stomachs contained an average of 76% fish including Percina and Notropis, and 16% invertebrates including Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera, Zygoptera and Gammaridae.
 
 
 
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