Austrophya Explained

Austrophya is a genus of dragonflies in the superfamily Libelluloidea,[1] endemic to north-eastern Australia.[2]

Species

This genus includes the following species:

From 1909 Austrophya used to be a monotypic genus with only one species, Austrophya mystica, until Austrophya monteithorum was described in 2019.[3]

Etymology

The genus name Austrophya is derived from two words: the prefix Austro-, from a Latin word Australis, meaning southern, could be for purely Australian genera; the suffix -phya, derived from a Greek word meaning stature or growth, refers to existing generic names of dragonflies Neophya and Cordulephya, which are allied to this genus.[4]

Taxonomy

Recent taxonomic research could not assign the genus Austrophya to any family and it was placed incertae sedis within the superfamily Libelluloidea.[5]

Prior to this, Austrophya had been considered to be part of one of several families: Austrocorduliidae, Synthemistidae or Corduliidae.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Genus Austrophya Tillyard, 1909. 2022. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 1 September 2024.
  2. Book: The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Theischinger. Günther. Hawking. John. CSIRO Publishing. 2021. 9781486313747. Melbourne, Australia. 406 . 2nd.
  3. Theischinger. G.. 2019. Austrophya monteithorum sp. nov., a new dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera, Libelluloidea) from tropical Queensland, Australia, with notes on its collection and locality.. The Australian Entomologist. 46. 3. 145-155. Informit.
  4. Endersby . Ian . Etymology of the Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S. . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 2012 . 134 . 1-16 .
  5. Dijkstra . Klaas-Douwe B. . Bechly . Günter . Bybee . Seth M. . Dow . Rory A. . Dumont . Henri J. . Fleck . Günther . Garrison . Rosser W. . Hämäläinen . Matti . Kalkman . Vincent J. . Karube . Haruki . May . Michael L. . Orr . Albert G. . Paulson . Dennis R. . Rehn . Andrew C. . Theischinger . Günther . Trueman . John W.H. . Van Tol . Jan . von Ellenrieder . Natalia . Ware . Jessica . 2013 . The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013) . Zootaxa . en . 3703 . 1 . 36–45 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9 . free . 10072/61365 . free . 1175-5334 .
  6. Book: Theischinger, Günther. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Hawking. John. CSIRO Publishing. 2006. 978 0 64309 073 6. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. 366.

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