Austrophlebia

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

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. 1 2 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.