Cordulephya

Cordulephya
	Cordulephya pygmaea
Scientific classification
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.

Species

The genus Cordulephya includes four species:[2][5]

Cordulephya bidens Sjöstedt, 1917 - tropical shutwing
Cordulephya divergens Tillyard, 1917 - clubbed shutwing
Cordulephya montana Tillyard, 1911 - mountain shutwing
Cordulephya pygmaea Selys, 1870 - common shutwing

References

Selys-Longchamps, E. (1870). "Sous-famille des Cordulines, Sélys (1)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (in French). 14: iii-vii [vi] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
"Genus Cordulephya Selys, 1870". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 236. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. p. 278. ISBN 0643051368.
Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

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[1] Selys-Longchamps, E. (1870). "Sous-famille des Cordulines, Sélys (1)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (in French). 14: iii-vii [vi] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[AFD-2] "Genus Cordulephya Selys, 1870". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

[Field_Guide-3] Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 236. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.

[Watson_book_1991-4] Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. p. 278. ISBN 0643051368.

[Odonata_list-5] Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 18 February 2017.