Biology:Austrophya
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| Austrophya mystica male, north Queensland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Austrocorduliidae |
| Genus: | Austrophya Tillyard, 1909[1] |
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Austrophya is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austrocorduliidae,[2] endemic to north-eastern Australia .[3]
Species
This genus includes the following species:[4]
- Austrophya mystica Tillyard, 1909 - rainforest mystic
- Austrophya monteithorum Theischinger 2019 - summit mystic
From 1909 Austrophya used to be a monotypic genus with only one species, Austrophya mystica, until Austrophya monteithorum was described in 2019.[5]
Etymology
The genus name Austrophya, is derived from two words: the prefix Austro-, from a Latin word Australis, meaning southern, could be for purely Australian genera; the suffix -phya, derived from a Greek word meaning stature or growth, refers to existing generic names of dragonflies Neophya and Cordulephya, which are allied to this genus.[6]
Taxonomy
There are differing views as to the family that Austrophya 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
References
- ↑ Tillyard, R.J. (1909). "On some remarkable Australian Corduliinae, with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33 (1908): 737–751 [738]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39831022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Genus Austrophya Tillyard, 1909". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Austrophya.
- ↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 234. 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/.
- ↑ Theischinger, G. (2019). "Austrophya monteithorum sp. nov., a new dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera, Libelluloidea) from tropical Queensland, Australia, with notes on its collection and locality.". The Australian Entomologist 46 (3): 145-155. https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/informit.683612154337428.
- ↑ Endersby, Ian (2012). "Etymology of the Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S.". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 134: 1-16. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277204891_Etymology_of_the_Dragonflies_Insecta_Odonata_named_by_RJ_Tillyard_FRS.
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