Cordulephya | |
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Cordulephya pygmaea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Cordulephyidae |
Genus: | Cordulephya Selys, 1870 [1] |
Cordulephya is a genus of dragonflies in the family Cordulephyidae, endemic to eastern Australia. [2] The species are small to tiny in size, coloured black, or purplish-black, with yellowish markings. Unusually for Anisoptera, these dragonflies rest with their wings folded above their body in a similar manner to many species of damselfly. [3] [4] They are commonly known as shutwings.
The genus Cordulephya includes four species: [2] [5]
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Cordulephya bidens is a species of dragonfly in the family Cordulephyidae, known as the tropical shutwing. It inhabits rainforest streams in northern Queensland, Australia.
Cordulephya divergens is a species of dragonfly of the family Cordulephyidae, commonly known as the clubbed shutwing. It inhabits streams in the Sydney Basin, Australia.
Cordulephya montana is a species of dragonfly of the family Cordulephyidae, commonly known as the mountain shutwing. It inhabits streams in eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Cordulephya pygmaea is a species of dragonfly of the family Cordulephyidae, also known as the common shutwing. It inhabits streams in eastern Australia. It is small to tiny in size, coloured black, or purplish-black, with yellowish markings. It rests with its wings folded above its body in a similar manner to a damselfly.
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