Slender Wiretail (Oristicta filicicola)

The Slender Wiretail (Oristicta filicicola) is a damselfly species of the family Isostictidae, which contains 15 species in Australia.

The identification key to the family Isostictidae consists of 22 couplets, 4 of which are pertinent to Oristicta filicicola. Click on the numbers on the right to display the corresponding couplets. Or click on the ALLin1 button to see all the relevant couplets together in a single, scrollable window.

#	Family	Species	Couplet No.
	Isostictidae	Slender Wiretail (Oristicta filicicola)	Isostictidae: Key couplet 1 of 22 ● CuP one or two cells long, occasionally none a ↑ Isostictidae: Key couplet 3 of 22 ● Superior anal appendages longer than inferiors b ↑ Isostictidae: Key couplet 5 of 22 ● Ac in hindwing at or distal to level of Ax1 ⇒ species: Slender Wiretail (Oristicta filicicola) a ↑ Isostictidae: Key couplet 10 of 22 ● Ac in hindwing at or distal to level of Ax1 ⇒ species: Slender Wiretail (Oristicta filicicola) a ↑
1			Isostictidae: Key couplet 1 of 22 ● CuP one or two cells long, occasionally none a ↑ b ↓ ● CuP three or more cells long
2		Male only	Isostictidae: Key couplet 3 of 22 ● Superior anal appendages shorter than inferiors ⇒ genus: Rhadinosticta a ↑ b ↓ ● Superior anal appendages longer than inferiors
3		Male only	Isostictidae: Key couplet 5 of 22 ● Ac in hindwing at or distal to level of Ax1 ⇒ species: Slender Wiretail (Oristicta filicicola) a ↑ b ↓ ● Ac in hindwing proximal to level of Ax1
4		Female only	Isostictidae: Key couplet 10 of 22 ● Ac in hindwing at or distal to level of Ax1 ⇒ species: Slender Wiretail (Oristicta filicicola) a ↑ b ↓ ● Ac in hindwing proximal to level of Ax1