Archaeophya

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Libelluloidea

Familia: Corduliidae
Subfamilia: Gomphomacromiinae
Genus: Archaeophya
Species: A. adamsi – A. magnifica
Name
Archaeophya Fraser, 1959

Archaeophya is a small genus of dragonflies belonging to the family Gomphomacromiidae.[2] Species of Archaeophya are large dragonflies with metallic bodies, dark with yellow spots and clear wings. They only occur in eastern Australia.[3]

Species

The genus contains the following two species:[4]

Archaeophya adamsi Fraser, 1959 – horned urfly
Archaeophya magnifica Theischinger & Watson, 1978 – magnificent urfly

Note about family

There are differing views as to the family that Archaeophya best belongs to:

It is considered to be part of the Gomphomacromiidae family at the Australian Faunal Directory[2]
It is considered to be part of the Synthemistidae family in the World Odonata List at the Slater Museum of Natural History[4]
It is considered to be part of the Corduliidae family at Wikispecies

See also

List of Odonata species of Australia

References

Fraser, F.C. (1959). "New genera and species of Odonata from Australia in the Dobson Collection". The Australian Zoologist. 12: 352–361 [354] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
"Genus Archaeophya Fraser, 1959". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.