Hemiphlebia mirabilis

Ancient greenling
mating pair
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Hemiphlebiidae
Kennedy, 1920[4]
Genus: Hemiphlebia
Selys, 1869[3]
Species:
H. mirabilis
Binomial name
Hemiphlebia mirabilis
Selys, 1869[2]

Hemiphlebia mirabilis, commonly known as the ancient greenling,[5] is a species of damselfly, the only living species of the genus Hemiphlebia and the family Hemiphlebiidae.[6][7] It is very small with a long, metallic-green body and clear wings. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia. Its natural swamp habitat is threatened by habitat loss. The oldest representatives of the family date to the Late Jurassic.

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  2. ^ Selys-Longchamps, E. (1869). "Diagnose d'un nouveau genre d'Agrionine". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) (in French). 11: lxxi-lxxiv [lxxiii] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ Selys-Longchamps, E. (1869). "Diagnose d'un nouveau genre d'Agrionine". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) (in French). 11: lxxi-lxxiv [lxxii] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ^ Kennedy, C.H. (1920). "The phylogeny of the Zygopterous dragonflies as based on the evidence of the penes". Ohio Journal of Science. 21 (1): 19–29 [25] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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  6. ^ Vasilenko, D. V. (2005). "New damselflies (Odonata: Synlestidae, Hemiphlebiidae) from the Mesozoic Transbaikalian locality of Chernovskie Kopi" (PDF). Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal. 39 (3): 280.
  7. ^ "Species Hemiphlebia mirabilis Selys, 1869". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2017.