Micromidia rodericki

Thursday Island mosquitohawk
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Austrocorduliidae
Genus: Micromidia
Species: M. rodericki
Binomial name
Micromidia rodericki
Fraser, 1959[1]

Micromidia rodericki is a species of dragonfly in the family Austrocorduliidae,[2] known as the Thursday Island mosquitohawk.[3] It is a very small, black to metallic green dragonfly with pale markings on its abdomen.[3] It is endemic to Thursday Island, Australia, in Torres Strait,[4] where it inhabits rainforest streams.[5]

Note

There is uncertainty about which family Micromidia rodericki best belongs to: Austrocorduliidae,[2] Synthemistidae,[6] or Corduliidae.[7]

See also

References

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  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 "Species Micromidia rodericki Fraser, 1959". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 225. ISBN 978 1 74232 475 3.
  6. ↑ Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Micromidia". Wikispecies. 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
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