Synlestes weyersii

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| name = Bronze needle

| image = Synlestes weyersii female (15801858233).jpg

| image_caption = Female

| image2 = Synlestes_weyersii_male_lateral_(16235718399).jpg

| image2_caption = Male

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Dow, R.A. |date=2017 |title=Synlestes weyersii |volume=2017 |page=e.T87537502A87540144 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T87537502A87540144.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Synlestes weyersii

| authority = Selys, 1869{{Cite journal|last=Selys-Longchamps|first=E.|year=1869|title=Les névroptères de Port Denison. In: Comptes-rendus des séances de la société entomologique de Belgique : Assemblée mensuelle du 4 avril 1868|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12563835|journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus)|language=fr|volume=11|pages=lxxiv-lxxviii [lxxvi]|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}

| range_map = Synlestes weyersii distribution map.svg

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Synlestes weyersii is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Synlestidae,{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Synlestes_weyersii;Synlestes |title=Species Synlestes weyersii Selys, 1869|date=2012|website=Australian Faunal Directory|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study|access-date=16 April 2017}}

commonly known as a bronze needle.{{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=24}}

It is endemic to south-eastern Australia, where it inhabits streams and rivers.{{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=237|last1=Theischinger|first1=Gunther|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/publications/09730AustOdonata.pdf}}

Synlestes weyersii is a large to very large damselfly, coloured a metallic bronze-black to green-black with yellow markings. It perches with its wings partially or fully outspread.{{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}}