Austropetalia

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: Aeshnoidea
Familia: Austropetaliidae
Subfamilia: Austropetaliinae
Genus: Austropetalia
Species: A. patricia – A. tonyana – A. victoria
Name
Austropetalia Tillyard, 1916

Austropetalia is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austropetaliidae,[2] endemic to south-eastern Australia.[3][4] Species of Austropetalia are medium-sized to large dragonflies with brown and yellow markings.[3]
Species

The genus Austropetalia includes the following species:[2][5]

Austropetalia annaliese Theischinger, 2013
Austropetalia patricia (Tillyard, 1910) - Waterfall redspot
Austropetalia tonyana Theischinger, 1995 - Alpine redspot

See also

List of dragonflies of Australia

References

Tillyard, R.J. (1916). "Life-histories and descriptions of Australian Aeschninae, with a description of a new form of Telephlebia by Herbert Campion". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 33: 1–83 [14]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00253.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
"Genus Austropetalia Tillyard, 1916". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
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.
Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 20 February 2017.