Austrophlebia

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: Aeshnidae
Subfamilia: Brachytroninae
Tribus: Brachytronini
Genus: Austrophlebia
Species: A. costalis – A. subcostalis
Name
Austrophlebia Tillyard, 1916

Austrophlebia is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Telephlebiidae.[2] Species of this dragonfly are very large with strong yellow markings on the thorax.[3] They are endemic to eastern Australia.
Species

The genus contains only two species:[4]

Austrophlebia costalis (Tillyard, 1907) – southern giant darner[5]
Austrophlebia subcostalis Theischinger, 1996 – northern giant darner[3]

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 [21]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00253.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
"Genus Austrophlebia Tillyard, 1916". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 8 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.
Dow, R.A. (2017). "Austrophlebia costalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T163523A14258000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T163523A14258000.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.