Austrocordulia

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: Austrocordulia
Species: A. leonardi – A. refracta – A. territoria
Name
Austrocordulia Tillyard, 1909

Austrocordulia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Austrocorduliidae,[2] endemic to northern and eastern Australia.[3] Species of Austrocordulia are medium-sized, dark-coloured dragonflies, either brown or black with yellow markings.
Contents

1 Species
2 Note about family
3 See also
4 References

Species

The genus includes the following species:[4]

Austrocordulia leonardi Theischinger, 1973 – Sydney hawk
Austrocordulia refracta Tillyard, 1909 – eastern hawk
Austrocordulia territoria Theischinger & Watson, 1978 – Top End hawk

Note about family

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

It is considered to be part of the Austrocorduliidae 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

Tillyard, R.J. (1909). "On some remarkable Australian Corduliinae, with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 33: 737–751 [744] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
"Genus Austrocordulia Tillyard, 1909". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 24 March 2017.