Austropetaliidae

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]

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

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

Genera

The family includes the following genera:^[4]

• Archipetalia Tillyard, 1917
• Austropetalia Tillyard, 1916
• Hypopetalia McLachlan, 1870
• Phyllopetalia Selys, 1858

References

1. 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. "Family AUSTROPETALIIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
3. 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.
4. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.