Biology:Telephlebiidae
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Short description: Family of dragonflies
| Telephlebiidae | |
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| Austroaeschna inermis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Aeshnoidea |
| Family: | Aeshnidae Cockerell, 1913[1] |
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Telephlebiidae is a family of dragonflies[2] endemic to eastern and south-western Australia. They are medium-sized to very large dragonflies, generally found around streams.[3]
The family Telephlebiidae is not recognised in the World Odonata List at the Slater Museum of Natural History, but rather its species are considered to be part of the Aeshnidae family.[4]
Genera
The family includes the following genera:[2]
- Acanthaeschna Selys, 1883
- Antipodophlebia Fraser, 1960
- Austroaeschna Selys, 1883
- Austrophlebia Tillyard, 1916
- Dromaeschna Förster, 1908
- Notoaeschna Tillyard, 1916
- Spinaeschna Theischinger, 1982
- Telephlebia Selys, 1883
References
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- ↑ Dijkstra, K.D.B. (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. http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/zootaxa.3703.1.9/4279.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Family TELEPHLEBIIDAE". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Telephlebiidae.
- ↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 290. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
- ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q12005436 entry
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