Apocordulia

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Genus: Apocordulia
Watson, 1980 [2]
Species:
A. macrops
Binomial name
Apocordulia macrops
Watson, 1980 [2]
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Apocordulia is a genus of dragonflies in the superfamily Libelluloidea, [3] endemic to the Murray-Darling Basin in eastern Australia. [4]

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Apocordulia is a monotypic genus with only one species, Apocordulia macrops, [5] [6] commonly known as a nighthawk. [4] Apocordulia macrops is a medium-sized, dull coloured dragonfly with large eyes. [4] It inhabits inland rivers [7] and flies at dawn and dusk. [8]

Etymology

The word Apocordulia is derived from two words: apo from the Greek ἀπό meaning from or away, and Cordulia the genus of dragonfly. Tony Watson described the dragonfly genus Apocordulia as appearing different to the normal appearance of a Cordulia dragonfly. [2] [9]

The species name macrops is derived from two Greek words makros (μακρός) meaning long, and ops (ὤψ) meaning eye, describing the long eye seam. [2] [9]

Note about family

Recent taxonomic research could not assign the genus Apocordulia to any family and it was placed incertae sedis within the superfamily Libelluloidea. [10]

Prior to this, Apocordulia had been considered to be part of one of several families: Austrocorduliidae, Synthemistidae or Corduliidae. [11]

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