Biology:Micromidia

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Micromidia is a genus of dragonflies in the superfamily Libelluloidea.[1] They are small to medium-sized dragonflies, coloured black or metallic green with pale markings, and endemic to eastern Australia.[2]

Species

The genus Micromidia includes the following species:[3]

Taxonomy

Recent taxonomic research could not assign the genus Micromidia to any family and it was placed incertae sedis within the superfamily Libelluloidea.[4]

Prior to this, Micromidia had been considered to be part of one of several families: Austrocorduliidae, Synthemistidae or Corduliidae.[5]

See also

  • List of Odonata species of Australia

References

  1. ↑ "Genus Micromidia Fraser, 1959". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Micromidia. 
  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. ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 
  4. ↑ 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. 
  5. ↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 366. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6. 

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