Pseudocordulia

Pseudocordulia is a small genus of dragonflies that are endemic to tropical northeastern Australia. They are medium-sized, bronze-black dragonflies with clear wings.[2] Its taxonomic placement has varied, with some authors placing it in the monotypic family Pseudocorduliidae,[3] while others include it in Corduliidae[4] or Synthemistidae.[5]

Pseudocordulia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Pseudocorduliidae
Genus: Pseudocordulia
Tillyard, 1909[1]

Species

The genus Pseudocordulia includes the following two species:[5]

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Genus Pseudocordulia Tillyard, 1909". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  4. Lohmann, H. (1996). "Das phylogenetische System der Anisoptera (Odonata)". Entomologische Zeitschrift (in German). 106: 209–252, 253–266, 360–367.
  5. Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
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