Biology:Archaeophya

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Archaeophya is a small genus of dragonflies within the family Gomphomacromiidae.[1] Species of Archaeophya are large dragonflies with metallic-coloured bodies, dark with yellow spots, and clear wings. They occur along streams in eastern Australia.[2]

Species

The genus contains the following two species:[1]

Taxonomic history

Archaeophya has had a complicated taxonomic history. Although it has long been considered part of the superfamily Libelluloidea, the exact placement of Archaeophya was uncertain for many years, and it was often treated as incertae sedis by different authors.[3][4]

Molecular and morphological studies published in 2025 helped to clarify this situation. These studies showed that Archaeophya, known from Australia, as well as the genus Gomphomacromia, known from Chile, are closely related and form a distinct group within Libelluloidea, supporting their placement together in the family Gomphomacromiidae.[5]

This arrangement, including both genera in Gomphomacromiidae, is followed by the World Odonata List (2025).[1]

See also

  • List of Odonata species of Australia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 
  2. ↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2021). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 406. ISBN 9781486313747. 
  3. ↑ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti et al. (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3703.1.9. 
  4. ↑ "Genus Archaeophya Fraser, 1959". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Archaeophya. 
  5. ↑ Goodman, Aaron; Abbott, John C.; Bybee, Seth M.; Ehlert, Juliana; Frandsen, Paul B.; Guralnick, Rob; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Newton, Lacie et al. (2025-10-09). "Systematic and taxonomic revision of emerald and tigertail dragonflies (Anisoptera: Synthemistidae and Corduliidae)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/syen.70000. 
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