Austrophya

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: Austrophya
Species: Austrophya mystica
Name
Austrophya Tillyard, 1909

Austrophya is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austrocorduliidae,[2] endemic to north-eastern Australia.[3]
Contents

1 Species
2 Etymology
3 Taxonomy
4 References

Species

This genus includes the following species:[4]

Austrophya mystica Tillyard, 1909 - rainforest mystic
Austrophya monteithorum Theischinger 2019 - summit mystic

From 1909 Austrophya used to be a monotypic genus with only one species, Austrophya mystica, until Austrophya monteithorum was described in 2019.[5]
Etymology

The genus name Austrophya, is derived from two words: the prefix Austro-, from a Latin word Australis, meaning southern, could be for purely Australian genera; the suffix -phya, derived from a Greek word meaning stature or growth, refers to existing generic names of dragonflies Neophya and Cordulephya, which are allied to this genus.[6]
Taxonomy

There are differing views as to the family that Austrophya 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

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 (1908): 737–751 [738] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
"Genus Austrophya 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. 234. 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.
Theischinger, G. (2019). "Austrophya monteithorum sp. nov., a new dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera, Libelluloidea) from tropical Queensland, Australia, with notes on its collection and locality". The Australian Entomologist. 46 (3): 145–155 – via Informit.
Endersby, Ian (2012). "Etymology of the Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S." Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 134: 1–16.