Austrophlebia

Austrophlebia
Austrophlebia costalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Aeshnidae
Genus:	Austrophlebia Tillyard, 1916 [1]

Austrophlebia is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae. ^[2] Species of this dragonfly are very large with strong yellow markings on the thorax. ^[3] They are endemic to eastern Australia.

Species

The genus contains two species: ^[4]

• Austrophlebia costalis (Tillyard, 1907) – southern giant darner ^[5]
• Austrophlebia subcostalis Theischinger, 1996 – northern giant darner ^[3]

References

1. Tillyard, R.J. (1916). "Life-histories and descriptions of Australian Aeschninae, with a description of a new form of Telephlebia by Herbert Campion". Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 33: 1–83 [21]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00253.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
2. "Genus Austrophlebia Tillyard, 1916". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
3. Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN   0-643-09073-8.
4. Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis; Deliry, Cyrille. "World Odonata List". Puget Sound Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 25 August 2024.
5. Dow, R.A. (2017). "Austrophlebia costalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T163523A14258000. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T163523A14258000.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.