Pseudocordulia

Pseudocordulia is a small genus of dragonflies belonging to the family Pseudocorduliidae.^[2] They are medium-sized, bronze-black dragonflies with clear wings, endemic to tropical north-eastern Australia.^[3]

Species

The genus Pseudocordulia includes the following two species:^[4]

There are differing views as to the family that Pseudocordulia best belongs to:

It is considered to be part of the Pseudocorduliidae 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

↑ 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 [742] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
1 2 "Genus Pseudocordulia Tillyard, 1909". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 222. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
1 2 Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

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