Pseudocordulia

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Pseudocordulia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Pseudocorduliidae
Genus: Pseudocordulia
Tillyard, 1909 [1]
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Pseudocordulia is a small genus of dragonflies that are endemic to tropical northeastern Australia. They are medium-sized, bronze-black dragonflies with clear wings. [2] Its taxonomic placement has varied, with some authors placing it in the monotypic family Pseudocorduliidae, [3] while others include it in Corduliidae [4] or Synthemistidae. [5]

Species

The genus Pseudocordulia includes the following two species: [5]

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References

  1. Tillyard, R.J. (1909). "On some remarkable Australian Corduliinae, with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 33 (1908): 737–751 [742] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 222. ISBN   978-0-64309-073-6.
  3. "Genus Pseudocordulia Tillyard, 1909". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  4. Lohmann, H. (1996). "Das phylogenetische System der Anisoptera (Odonata)". Entomologische Zeitschrift (in German). 106: 209–252, 253–266, 360–367.
  5. 1 2 Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 30 March 2017.