Podopteryx
{{Short description|Genus of damselflies}}
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| image = Podopteryx selysi female (11512974846).jpg
| image_caption = Podopteryx selysi
Australian Museum specimen
| taxon = Podopteryx
| authority = Selys, 1871{{Cite journal|last=Selys-Longchamps|first=E.|year=1871|title=Aperçu statistique sur les Névroptères Odonates|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14778063|journal=Transactions of the Entomological Society of London|language=French |volume=19|pages=409–416 [415]|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}
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Podopteryx is a damselfly genus. It belongs in the family Argiolestidae.{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Podopteryx|title=Genus Podopteryx Selys, 1871|date=2022|website=Australian Faunal Directory|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study|access-date=24 August 2024}}
They are very large damselflies found in Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia.
Species
The genus Podopteryx has three described species:{{cite web|title=World Odonata List|url=https://www.pugetsound.edu/puget-sound-museum-natural-history/biodiversity-resources/insects/dragonflies/world-odonata-list|publisher=University of Puget Sound|accessdate=22 May 2024|author1=Martin Schorr |author2=Martin Lindeboom |author3=Dennis Paulson }}{{cite GBIF |taxon=Podopteryx |id=1424467 |accessdate=22 May 2024}}
- Podopteryx casuarina Lieftinck, 1949
- Podopteryx roseonotata Selys, 1871
- Podopteryx selysi (Foerster, 1899) – Treehole Flatwing{{cite book|title=The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia|year=2006|publisher=CSIRO Publishing|isbn=0-643-09073-8|author1=Günther Theischinger |author2=John Hawking }}
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Category:Taxa named by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps