Austrocorduliidae is a

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

dragonflies A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonfly are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threa ...

occurring in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

and

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

, which until recently was considered to be part of the

Corduliidae The Corduliidae, also knowns as the emeralds, emerald dragonflies or green-eyed skimmers, is a family of dragonflies. These dragonflies are usually black or dark brown with areas of metallic green or yellow, and most of them have large, emerald-gr ...

family. Members of Austrocorduliidae are small to medium-sized, dark dragonflies with clear wings.

Genera

The family includes the following genera: * '' Apocordulia'' * '' Austrocordulia'' * '' Austrophya'' * '' Hesperocordulia'' * '' Lathrocordulia'' * '' Micromidia''

Notes

The family Austrocorduliidae is not currently recognised in the World Odonata List at the Slater Museum of Natural History.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q29324790 Odonata families Odonata of Australia