Austropetaliidae

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Austropetaliidae
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Archipetalia auriculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Superfamily: Aeshnoidea
Family: Austropetaliidae
Carle & Louton, 1994 [1]
Genera

Austropetaliidae is a small family of dragonflies occurring in Chile, Argentina and Australia. [2] [3] Members of Austropetaliidae can be medium-sized to large dragonflies. [3]

This group was initially created for some archaic members of the family Neopetaliidae and was promoted to family rank in 1994. [2] [1]

Genera

The family includes the following genera: [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Carle, F.L.; Louton, J.A. (1994). "The larva of Neopetalia punctata and establishment of Austropetaliidae fam. nov. (Odonata)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 96 (1): 147–155 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. 1 2 "Family AUSTROPETALIIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 290. ISBN   978-0-64309-073-6.
  4. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
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