Apocordulia Explained

Apocordulia is a genus of dragonflies in the superfamily Libelluloidea,[1] endemic to the Murray-Darling Basin in eastern Australia.[2]

Apocordulia is a monotypic genus with only one species, Apocordulia macrops,[3] commonly known as a nighthawk.[2] Apocordulia macrops is a medium-sized, dull coloured dragonfly with large eyes.[2] It inhabits inland rivers [4] and flies at dawn and dusk.[5]

Etymology

The word Apocordulia is derived from two words: apo from the Greek ἀπό meaning from or away, and Cordulia the genus of dragonfly. Tony Watson described the dragonfly genus Apocordulia as appearing different to the normal appearance of a Cordulia dragonfly.[6]

The species name macrops is derived from two Greek words makros (μακρός) meaning long, and ops (ὤψ) meaning eye, describing the long eye seam.[6]

Note about family

Recent taxonomic research could not assign the genus Apocordulia to any family and it was placed incertae sedis within the superfamily Libelluloidea.[7]

Prior to this, Apocordulia had been considered to be part of one of several families: Austrocorduliidae, Synthemistidae or Corduliidae.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Genus Apocordulia Watson, 1980. 2022. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 1 September 2024.
  2. Book: The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Theischinger. Günther. Hawking. John. CSIRO Publishing. 2021. 9781486313747. Melbourne, Australia. 406 . 2nd.
  3. Web site: Species Apocordulia macrops Watson, 1980. 2022. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 1 September 2024.
  4. Book: Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata. Endersby. Ian. 2009. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. 978-1-74232-475-3. 241. Theischinger. Gunther.
  5. Book: Watson, J.A.L.. The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Theischinger. G.. Abbey. H.M.. CSIRO. 1991. 0643051368. Melbourne.
  6. Endersby. I.. 2012. Watson and Theischinger: the etymology of the dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) names which they published. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 145. 443 & 444. 34–53 . 0035-9173. Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  7. Dijkstra . Klaas-Douwe B. . Bechly . Günter . Bybee . Seth M. . Dow . Rory A. . Dumont . Henri J. . Fleck . Günther . Garrison . Rosser W. . Hämäläinen . Matti . Kalkman . Vincent J. . Karube . Haruki . May . Michael L. . Orr . Albert G. . Paulson . Dennis R. . Rehn . Andrew C. . Theischinger . Günther . Trueman . John W.H. . Van Tol . Jan . von Ellenrieder . Natalia . Ware . Jessica . 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 . en . 3703 . 1 . 36–45 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9 . free . 10072/61365 . free . 1175-5334 .
  8. Book: Theischinger, Günther. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Hawking. John. CSIRO Publishing. 2006. 978 0 64309 073 6. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. 366.

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