Lathrecista

Lathrecista
	Lathrecista asiatica male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Superfamily:	Libelluloidea
Family:	Libellulidae
Subfamily:	Libellulinae
Genus:	Lathrecista; Kirby, 1889

Lathrecista is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.^[2] There is only one known species of this genus.

Distribution

This genus occurs in India through Southeast Asia and Oceania including Australia, Fiji, and Tonga.^[3]^[4]

Species

The genus Lathrecista contains a single species:^[5]

Lathrecista asiatica (Fabricius, 1798)

Etymology

The genus name Lathrecista is derived from the Greek λαθραῖος (lathraios, "clandestine" or "hidden") and κίστη (kistē, "basket"), referring to the inconspicuous male appendages.^[1]^[6]

References

1 2 Kirby, W.F. (1889). "A revision of the subfamily Libellulinae, with descriptions of new genera and species". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 12: 249–348 [291]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1889.tb00016.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
↑ "Genus Lathrecista Kirby, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
↑ Marinov, Milen; Schmaedick, Mark; Polhemus, Dan; Stirnemann, Rebecca; Enoka, Fialelei; Siaifoi Fa'aumu, Pulemagafa; Uili, Moeumu (2015). "Faunistic and taxonomic investigations on the Odonata fauna of the Samoan archipelago with particular focus on taxonomic ambiguities in the" Ischnurine complex". International Dragonfly Fund: Report (2015): 1–56.
↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.

[Kirby_1889-1] 1 2 Kirby, W.F. (1889). "A revision of the subfamily Libellulinae, with descriptions of new genera and species". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 12: 249–348 [291]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1889.tb00016.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[AFD-2] "Genus Lathrecista Kirby, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[Theischinger_2006-3] Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.

[4] Marinov, Milen; Schmaedick, Mark; Polhemus, Dan; Stirnemann, Rebecca; Enoka, Fialelei; Siaifoi Fa'aumu, Pulemagafa; Uili, Moeumu (2015). "Faunistic and taxonomic investigations on the Odonata fauna of the Samoan archipelago with particular focus on taxonomic ambiguities in the" Ischnurine complex". International Dragonfly Fund: Report (2015): 1–56.

[WOL-5] Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 13 April 2026.

[Endersby_&_Fliedner_2015-6] Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.

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