Micromidia Explained

Micromidia is a genus of dragonflies in the superfamily Libelluloidea.^[1] They are small to medium-sized dragonflies, coloured black or metallic green with pale markings, and endemic to eastern Australia.^[2]

Species

The genus Micromidia includes the following species:

• Micromidia atrifrons – forest mosquitohawk
• Micromidia convergens – early mosquitohawk
• Micromidia rodericki – Thursday Island mosquitohawk

Taxonomy

Recent taxonomic research could not assign the genus Micromidia to any family and it was placed incertae sedis within the superfamily Libelluloidea.^[3]

Prior to this, Micromidia had been considered to be part of one of several families: Austrocorduliidae, Synthemistidae or Corduliidae.^[4]

See also

• List of Odonata species of Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Genus Micromidia Fraser, 1959. 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. 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 .
4. 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.