Austrocordulia
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| Austrocordulia | |
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| Austrocordulia refracta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Austrocorduliidae |
| Genus: | Austrocordulia Tillyard, 1909[1] |
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| Distribution of Austrocordulia in northern and eastern Australia | |
Austrocordulia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Austrocorduliidae.[2] It is endemic to northern and eastern Australia.[3] Species of Austrocordulia are medium-sized, dark-coloured dragonflies, either brown or black with yellow markings.[3]
The genus name Austrocordulia combines the prefix austro- (from Latin auster, meaning “south wind”, hence “southern”) with Cordulia, a genus name derived from Greek κορδύλη (kordylē, “club” or “cudgel”), alluding to the clubbed shape of the abdomen in males. The name refers to a southern representative of that group.[4]
Taxonomic history
The genus Austrocordulia is currently placed in the family Austrocorduliidae following recent taxonomic revision.[5]
Earlier sources considered it part of several different families including Synthemistidae and Corduliidae, and at one point it was regarded as incertae sedis within Libelluloidea.[3][6]
