Gomphomacromiidae 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

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

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.

Genera

The family includes the following genera: * ''

Archaeophya ''Archaeophya'' is a small genus of dragonflies belonging to the family Gomphomacromiidae. Species of ''Archaeophya'' are large dragonflies with metallic bodies, dark with yellow spots and clear wings. They only occur in eastern Australia. Spec ...

Notes

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

References

Libelluloidea Odonata families Odonata of Australia Taxa named by Robert John Tillyard Taxa named by Frederic Charles Fraser Insects described in 1940 {{Libelluloidea-stub