Biology:Austrocordulia
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Austrocordulia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Austrocorduliidae.[1] It is endemic to northern and eastern Australia.[2] Species of Austrocordulia are medium-sized, dark-coloured dragonflies, either brown or black with yellow markings.[2]
Species
The genus includes the following species:[1][3]
- Austrocordulia leonardi Theischinger, 1973 – Sydney hawk
- Austrocordulia refracta Tillyard, 1909 – eastern hawk
- Austrocordulia territoria Theischinger & Watson, 1978 – Top End hawk
Taxonomic history
The genus Austrocordulia is currently placed in the family Austrocorduliidae following recent taxonomic revision.[4]
Earlier sources considered it part of several different families including Synthemistidae and Corduliidae, and at one point it was regarded as incertae sedis within Libelluloidea.[2][5]
See also
- List of Odonata species of Australia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2021). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 406. ISBN 9781486313747.
- ↑ "Genus Austrocordulia Tillyard, 1909". Australian Biological Resources Study. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Austrocordulia.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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)" (in en). 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.
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