Biology:Archaeosynthemis
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Archaeosynthemis is a genus of dragonflies belonging to the family Synthemistidae.[1] Species of Archaeosynthemis are found across southern Australia.[2] They are medium-sized dragonflies characterized by their black or brown colouring with yellow markings.[2]
Etymology
The genus name Archaeosynthemis combines the Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaios, "ancient" or "archaic") with Synthemis, an existing genus of dragonflies.[3][4]
Species
The genus Archaeosynthemis includes the following species:[1]
- Archaeosynthemis leachii (Selys, 1871) - Twinspot tigertail
- Archaeosynthemis occidentalis Tillyard, 1910 - Western brown tigertail
- Archaeosynthemis orientalis Tillyard, 1910 - Eastern brown tigertail
- Archaeosynthemis spiniger (Tillyard, 1913) - Spiny tigertail
See also
- List of Odonata species of Australia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Genus Archaeosynthemis Carle, 1995". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Archaeosynthemis.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 274. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
- ↑ Carle, F.L. (1995). "Evolution, taxonomy, and biogeography of ancient Gondwanian libelluloides, with comments on anisopteroid evolution and phylogenetic systematics (Anisoptera: Libelluloidea)". Odonatologica 24 (4): 383–424 [392]. http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/record/592136.
- ↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283318421_The_Naming_of_Australia's_Dragonflies.
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