Miniargiolestes

{{Short description|Genus of damselflies}}

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| name = Stream flatwing

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Dow, R.A. |date=2017 |title=Miniargiolestes minimus |volume=2017 |page=e.T87532887A87534041 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T87532887A87534041.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| parent_authority = Theischinger, 1998{{Cite journal|last=Theischinger|first=G.|year=1998|title=Supra-specific diversity in Australian "Argiolestes" (Odonata: Zygoptera: Megapodagrionidae)|url=http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/STAPFIA_0055_0613-0621.pdf|journal=Stapfia|volume=55|pages=613–621 [615]|via=ZOBODAT}}

| taxon = Miniargiolestes minimus

| authority = (Tillyard, 1908){{Cite journal|last=Tillyard|first=R.J.|year=1908|title=The dragonflies of south-western Australia|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6383880|journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales|volume=32|pages=719–742 [735]|doi=10.5962/bhl.part.19585|bibcode=1908PLSNS..32..719T |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}

| range_map = Miniargiolestes minimus distribution map.svg

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Miniargiolestes is a monotypic genus of damselflies in the family Argiolestidae.{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Miniargiolestes|title=Genus Miniargiolestes Theischinger, 1998|date=2022|website=Australian Faunal Directory|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study|access-date=1 November 2024}}

The single species of this genus, Miniargiolestes minimus,{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Miniargiolestes_minimus|title=Species Miniargiolestes minimus (Tillyard, 1908)|date=2012|website=Australian Faunal Directory|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study|access-date=5 April 2017}}

commonly known as a stream flatwing,{{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=46}}

is a small damselfly, metallic black to green in colour with white markings.

It is endemic to south-western Australia, where it inhabits streams.{{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=978-0643051362|location=Melbourne}}