Archaeosynthemis leachii

{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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|name=Twinspot tigertail

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|status=LC

|status_system=IUCN3.1

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{{cite iucn |author=Hawking, J. |date=2009 |title=Archaeosynthemis leachii |volume=2009 |page=e.T163563A5616528 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163563A5616528.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

|taxon=Archaeosynthemis leachii

|authority=(Selys, 1871){{Cite journal|last=Selys-Longchamps|first=E.|year=1871|title=Synopsis des Cordulines|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5497715|journal=Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Académie Royale de Belgique|series=2|volume=31|pages=238–316, 519–565 [561]|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}

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|Synthemis leachii|Selys, 1871

|Synthemis martini|Tillyard, 1908

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Archaeosynthemis leachii is a species of dragonfly of the family Synthemistidae,{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Archaeosynthemis_leachii|title=Species Archaeosynthemis leachii (Selys, 1871))|date=2012|website=Australian Faunal Directory|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study|access-date=3 March 2017}}

known as the twinspot tigertail.{{Cite book|title=The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia|last1=Theischinger|first1=Günther|last2=Hawking|first2=John|publisher=CSIRO Publishing|year=2006|isbn=978-0-64309-073-6|location=Collingwood, Victoria, Australia|pages=196}}

It is a medium-sized dragonfly with black and yellow markings. It inhabits streams, seepages and swamps in south-western Australia.{{cite book|title=Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata|last2=Endersby|first2=Ian|date=2009|publisher=Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW|isbn=978-1-74232-475-3|pages=192|last1=Theischinger|first1=Gunther|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/publications/09730AustOdonata.pdf}}{{Cite book|title=The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata|last1=Watson|first1=J.A.L.|last2=Theischinger|first2=G.|last3=Abbey|first3=H.M.|publisher=CSIRO|year=1991|isbn=0643051368|location=Melbourne|pages=278}}