Pseudocorduliidae

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Pseudocorduliidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Superfamily: Libelluloidea
Family: Pseudocorduliidae
Lohmann, 1996 [1]

Pseudocorduliidae is a family of dragonflies with a single genus, Pseudocordulia . [2] It is endemic to Australia. [3]

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Characteristics

Members of Pseudocorduliidae are medium-sized, bronze-black dragonflies. The larvae are wide, flat and hairy with strongly protruding eyes. They are found along rainforest streams in north-eastern Queensland. [3]

Taxonomic history

Pseudocorduliidae has had a complex taxonomic history. Although the family was generally associated with the superfamily Libelluloidea, its precise placement remained uncertain for many years, and the genus Pseudocordulia had been considered as incertae sedis within Libelluloidea. [4]

Molecular and morphological analyses published in 2025 helped to resolve this uncertainty. These studies supported Pseudocorduliidae as a distinct lineage within Libelluloidea and provided a clearer framework for the family’s composition. [5]

The genus, Pseudocordulia, is now treated within the family, Pseudocorduliidae, in the current World Odonata List (2025). [2]

References

  1. ↑ Lohmann, H. (1996). "Das phylogenetische System der Anisoptera (Odonata)". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 106: 260.
  2. 1 2 Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
  3. 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2021). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 406. ISBN   978-1-4863-1374-7.
  4. ↑ 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 (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. ISSN   1175-5334.
  5. ↑ 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.
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