Austrophya
Rainforest mystic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Austrocorduliidae |
Genus: | Austrophya Tillyard, 1909[1] |
Species: | A. mystica |
Binomial name | |
Austrophya mystica Tillyard, 1909[2] | |
Austrophya is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austrocorduliidae,[3] endemic to north-eastern Australia.[4]
Austrophya is a monotypic genus with only one species, Austrophya mystica,[5][6] known as a rainforest mystic.[4] Austrophya mystica is a small and slender, bronze-black dragonfly,[7] which inhabits rainforest streams.[8]
Gallery
- Female Austrophya mystica wings
- Male Austrophya mystica wings
Note about family
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[3]
- It is considered to be part of the Synthemistidae family in the World Odonata List at the Slater Museum of Natural History[5]
- It is considered to be part of the Corduliidae family at Wikispecies
See also
References
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 [739] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- 1 2 "Genus Austrophya Tillyard, 1909". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ↑ "Species Austrophya mystica Tillyard, 1909". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.
- ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 241. ISBN 978 1 74232 475 3.
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