Raphismia

Raphismia
Raphismia bispina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Subfamily:	Brachydiplacinae
Genus:	Raphismia Kirby, 1889 [1]

Raphismia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae, ^[2] found across Southeast Asia to Australia. ^{[3] [4]} One species, Raphismia bispina is a small dragonfly found in mangrove swamps.

Species

The genus Raphismia includes two species: ^[5]

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
		Raphismia bispina (Hagen, 1867)	spiny-chested percher	Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia.
		Raphismia inermis Ris, 1910		Indonesia

See also

• List of Odonata species of Australia

References

1. Kirby, W.F. (1889). "A revision of the subfamily Libellulinae, with descriptions of new genera and species". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 12: 249–348 [293]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1889.tb00016.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
2. "Genus Raphismia Kirby, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
3. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 274. ISBN   978-0-64309-073-6.
4. 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.
5. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.