Gomphomacromiidae

Gomphomacromiidae is a family of dragonflies[2] occurring in Chile and Australia,[3] which until recently was considered to be part of the Corduliidae family.[4]

Gomphomacromiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphomacromiidae
Tillyard & Fraser, 1940[1]

Genera

The family includes the following genera:[3]

Notes

The family Gomphomacromiidae is not currently recognised in the World Odonata List at the Slater Museum of Natural History.[5]

References
  1. Tillyard, R.J.; Fraser, F.C. (1940). "A reclassification of the order Odonata based on some new interpretations of the venation of the dragonfly wing". The Australian Zoologist. 9: 124–396 [387] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. Dijkstra, K.D.B.; et al. (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.
  3. "Family Gomphomacromiidae". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  4. 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 [153] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 24 March 2017.


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