Cordulephya

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Cordulephya
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Cordulephya pygmaea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Austrocorduliidae
Genus: Cordulephya
Selys, 1870 [1]
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Range of Cordulephya in eastern Australia

Cordulephya is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austrocorduliidae , [2] [3] endemic to eastern Australia. [4] Species are small to tiny, black or purplish-black with yellowish markings. Unusually for Anisoptera, they rest with their wings folded above the body, similar to some damselflies. [4] [5] They are commonly known as shutwings.

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Species

The genus includes four recognised species: [3] [6]

Taxonomy

Cordulephya was originally grouped within the broad family concept that included the corduliines. [1] It was subsequently placed in the family Corduliidae, a treatment widely used throughout much of the twentieth century. [7] Some classifications have recognised a separate family, Cordulephyidae, for the shutwings. [8] Later reviews were uncertain of its family relationships, and the genus was treated as incertae sedis within the superfamily Libelluloidea. [9] Phylogenetic studies have since clarified its relationships, and Cordulephya is now placed in the family Austrocorduliidae. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Selys-Longchamps, E. (1870). "Sous-famille des Cordulines, Sélys (1)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (in French). 14: iii–vii [vi] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. 1 2 Goodman, Aaron; Abbott, John C.; Bybee, Seth M.; Ehlert, Juliana; Frandsen, Paul B.; Guralnick, Rob; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Newton, Lacie; Pinto, Ângelo Parise; Ware, Jessica L. (2025-10-09). "Systematic and taxonomic revision of emerald and tigertail dragonflies (Anisoptera: Synthemistidae and Corduliidae)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/syen.70000.
  3. 1 2 "Genus Cordulephya Selys, 1870". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  4. 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2021). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 406. ISBN   9781486313747.
  5. ↑ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. p. 278. ISBN   0643051368.
  6. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
  7. ↑ Fraser, F.C. (1960). A handbook of the dragonflies of Australia and New Guinea. Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.
  8. ↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 366. ISBN   978-0-64309-073-6.
  9. ↑ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; Van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9 . hdl: 10072/61365 . ISSN   1175-5334.
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