Micromidia

Micromidia is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austrocorduliidae.[2] They are small to medium-sized dragonflies, coloured black or metallic green with pale markings, and endemic to eastern Australia.[3]

Micromidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Austrocorduliidae
Genus:	Micromidia Fraser, 1959[1]

Species

The genus Micromidia includes the following species:[4]

• Micromidia atrifrons (McLachlan, 1883) – forest mosquitohawk
• Micromidia convergens Theischinger & Watson, 1978 – early mosquitohawk
• Micromidia rodericki Fraser, 1959 – Thursday Island mosquitohawk

Note about family

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

• It is considered to be part of the Austrocorduliidae 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

See also

• List of Odonata species of Australia

References

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. "Genus Micromidia Fraser, 1959". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
3. 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. Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 24 March 2017.