Cordulephya | |
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Cordulephya pygmaea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Cordulephyidae |
Genus: |
Cordulephya Selys, 1870 [1] |
Cordulephya is a genus of dragonflies in the family Cordulephyidae, endemic to eastern Australia. [2] The species are small to tiny in size, coloured black, or purplish-black, with yellowish markings. Unusually for Anisoptera, these dragonflies rest with their wings folded above their body in a similar manner to many species of damselfly. [3] [4] They are commonly known as shutwings.
The genus Cordulephya includes four species: [2] [5]
Male | Female | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Cordulephya bidens Sjöstedt, 1917 | tropical shutwing | Queensland, Australia | ||
Cordulephya divergens Tillyard, 1917 | clubbed shutwing | Sydney Basin, Australia | ||
Cordulephya montana Tillyard, 1911 | mountain shutwing | New South Wales, Australia | ||
Cordulephya pygmaea Selys, 1870 | common shutwing | eastern Australia |