''Pseudocordulia'' is a small
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
dragonflies
A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threate ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to tropical north-eastern Australia.
[ They are medium-sized, bronze-black dragonflies with clear wings.]
Taxonomy
''Pseudocordulia'' was formerly considered to be the only genus in the family Pseudocorduliidae.incertae sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
'' within the superfamily Libelluloidea
Libelluloidea is a superfamily of dragonflies.
A 2013 phylogenetic analysis suggests that this superfamily contains four families:
*Corduliidae Selys, 1850
*Libellulidae Leach, 1815
* Macromiidae Needham, 1903
*Synthemistidae Tillyard, 1911
R ...
.
Species
The genus ''Pseudocordulia'' includes the following two species:
References
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Libelluloidea
Anisoptera genera
Odonata of Australia
Endemic fauna of Australia
Taxa named by Robert John Tillyard
Insects described in 1909
Dragonflies