Micromidia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Micromidia
Species: M. atrifrons – M. convergens – M. rodericki
Name
Micromidia Fraser, 1959

Micromidia is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austrocorduliidae.[2] They are small to medium-sized dragonflies, coloured black or metallic green with pale markings, and endemic to eastern Australia.[3]

Species

The genus Micromidia includes the following species:[4]

Micromidia atrifrons (McLachlan, 1883) – forest mosquitohawk
Micromidia convergens Theischinger & Watson, 1978 – early mosquitohawk
Micromidia rodericki Fraser, 1959 – Thursday Island mosquitohawk

Note about family

There are differing views as to the family that Micromidia 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

Fraser, F.C. (1959). "New genera and species of Odonata from Australia in the Dobson Collection". The Australian Zoologist. 12: 352–361 [352] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
"Genus: Micromidia Fraser, 1959". 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. 232. 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.