Austropetaliidae

Austropetaliidae
Archipetalia auriculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Superfamily: Aeshnoidea
Family: Austropetaliidae
Carle & Louton, 1994[1]
Genera

Austropetaliidae is a small family of dragonflies occurring in Chile, Argentina and Australia.[2][3] Members of Austropetaliidae can be medium-sized to large dragonflies.[3]

This group was initially created for some archaic members of the family Neopetaliidae and was promoted to family rank in 1994.[2][1]

  1. ^ a b Carle, F.L.; Louton, J.A. (1994). "The larva of Neopetalia punctata and establishment of Austropetaliidae fam. nov. (Odonata)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 96 (1): 147–155 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ a b "Family AUSTROPETALIIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.