Austrophlebia

Austrophlebia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Odonata
Infraorder:Anisoptera
Family:Telephlebiidae
Genus:Austrophlebia
Tillyard, 1916[1]

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]

References

  1. 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] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Genus Austrophlebia Tillyard, 1916". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
  4. 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.
  5. Hawking, J. (2007). "Austrophlebia costalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
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