Cordulephya
| Cordulephya | |
|---|---|
| Cordulephya pygmaea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Austrocorduliidae |
| Genus: | Cordulephya Selys, 1870[1] |
| Range of Cordulephya in eastern Australia | |
Cordulephya is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austrocorduliidae,[2][3] endemic to eastern Australia.[4] Species are small to tiny, black or purplish-black with yellowish markings. Unusually for Anisoptera, they rest with their wings folded above the body, similar to some damselflies.[4][5] They are commonly known as shutwings.
Species
The genus includes four recognised species:[3][6]
- Cordulephya bidens Sjöstedt, 1917 – tropical shutwing
- Cordulephya divergens Tillyard, 1917 – clubbed shutwing
- Cordulephya montana Tillyard, 1911 – mountain shutwing
- Cordulephya pygmaea Selys, 1870 – common shutwing
Taxonomy
Cordulephya was originally grouped within the broad family concept that included the corduliines.[1] It was subsequently placed in the family Corduliidae, a treatment widely used throughout much of the twentieth century.[7] Some classifications have recognised a separate family, Cordulephyidae, for the shutwings.[8] Later reviews were uncertain of its family relationships, and the genus was treated as incertae sedis within the superfamily Libelluloidea.[9] Phylogenetic studies have since clarified its relationships, and Cordulephya is now placed in the family Austrocorduliidae.[2]
References
- ^ a b Selys-Longchamps, E. (1870). "Sous-famille des Cordulines, Sélys (1)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (in French). 14: iii–vii [vi] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ a b Goodman, Aaron; Abbott, John C.; Bybee, Seth M.; Ehlert, Juliana; Frandsen, Paul B.; Guralnick, Rob; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Newton, Lacie; Pinto, Ângelo Parise; Ware, Jessica L. (2025-10-09). "Systematic and taxonomic revision of emerald and tigertail dragonflies (Anisoptera: Synthemistidae and Corduliidae)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/syen.70000.
- ^ a b "Genus Cordulephya Selys, 1870". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ a b Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2021). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 406. ISBN 9781486313747.
- ^ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. p. 278. ISBN 0643051368.
- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
- ^ Fraser, F.C. (1960). A handbook of the dragonflies of Australia and New Guinea. Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.
- ^ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
- ^ 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. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365. ISSN 1175-5334.