Biology:Austrocordulia
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Short description: Genus of dragonflies
| Austrocordulia | |
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| Austrocordulia refracta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Austrocorduliidae |
| Genus: | Austrocordulia Tillyard, 1909[1] |
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Austrocordulia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Austrocorduliidae,[2] endemic to northern and eastern Australia .[3] Species of Austrocordulia are medium-sized, dark-coloured dragonflies, either brown or black with yellow markings.
Species
The genus includes the following species:[4]
- Austrocordulia leonardi Theischinger, 1973 – Sydney hawk
- Austrocordulia refracta Tillyard, 1909 – eastern hawk
- Austrocordulia territoria Theischinger & Watson, 1978 – Top End hawk
Note about family
There are differing views as to the family that Austrocordulia best belongs to:
- It is considered to be part of the Austrocorduliidae family at the Australian Faunal Directory[2]
- It is considered to be part of the Synthemistidae family in the World Odonata List at the Slater Museum of Natural History[4]
- It is considered to be part of the Corduliidae family at Wikispecies
See also
- List of Odonata species of Australia
References
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- ↑ Tillyard, R.J. (1909). "On some remarkable Australian Corduliinae, with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 737–751 [744]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39831028.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Genus Austrocordulia Tillyard, 1909". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Austrocordulia.
- ↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 226. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q1374444 entry
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