Lindeniidae Explained

Up until recently, Lindeniidae was considered a family of dragonflies occurring in Australia.^[1] It is no longer recognised.^[2]

Genera

The family included the following genus which has now been assigned to the family Gomphidae:

• Ictinogomphus Cowley, 1934

The family also included the following fossil genera, which have also been assigned to Gomphidae.

• †Burmalindenia Schädel and Bechly 2016 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
• †Cratolindenia Bechly 2000 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian

Notes and References

1. Book: Theischinger, Günther. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Hawking. John. CSIRO Publishing. 2006. 978 0 64309 073 6. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. 290.
2. 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 .