Petalura

Petalura is a genus of very large dragonflies in the family Petaluridae.^[2] Species of Petalura are brown or black with yellow markings and usually clear wings. The anal appendages of the males are broad and leaf-like giving them their common name of petaltails.^[3] They are endemic to south-western and eastern Australia.^[4]

Petalura
Petalura ingentissima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Petaluridae
Genus:	Petalura Leach, 1815[1]

Species

The genus includes the following species:^[5]

• Petalura gigantea Leach, 1815 - South-eastern petaltail^[3]
• Petalura hesperia Watson, 1958 - Western petaltail^[3]
• Petalura ingentissima Tillyard, 1908 - Giant petaltail^[3]
• Petalura litorea Theischinger, 1999 - Coastal petaltail^[3]
• Petalura pulcherrima Tillyard, 1913 - Beautiful petaltail^[3]

References

1. Leach, William (1815). The zoological miscellany : being descriptions of new, or interesting animals. Vol. 2. London: Printed by B. McMillan for E. Nodder & Son. pp. 61–154 [95]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.41372 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
2. "Genus Petalura Leach, 1815". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
3. Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
4. 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.
5. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.