''Lathrocordulia'' is a genus of

dragonfly 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 threate ...

in the family

Austrocorduliidae Austrocorduliidae is a family of dragonflies occurring in South Africa and Australia, 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 ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

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 ...

. Species of ''Lathrocordulia'' are medium-sized, bronze to black dragonflies without pale markings,

Species

The genus ''Lathrocordulia'' includes the following species: * '' Lathrocordulia garrisoni'' – Queensland swiftwing * '' Lathrocordulia metallica'' – Western swiftwing

Note about family

There are differing views as to the family that ''Lathrocordulia'' best belongs to: * It is considered to be part of the

family at the

Australian Faunal Directory The Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) is an online catalogue of taxonomic and biological information on all animal species known to occur within Australia. It is a program of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water of th ...

* It is considered to be part of the

Synthemistidae The Synthemistidae are the family of dragonflies commonly known as tigertails, or sometimes called southern emeralds. This family is sometimes treated as a subfamily of Corduliidae. This is an ancient dragonfly family, with some species occurr ...

family in the World Odonata List at the Slater Museum of Natural History * It is considered to be part of the Corduliidae family at

Wikispecies Wikispecies is a wiki-based online project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its aim is to create a comprehensive open content catalogue of all species; the project is directed at scientists, rather than at the general public. Jimmy Wales ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q957134 Austrocorduliidae Anisoptera genera Odonata of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Taxa named by Robert John Tillyard Insects described in 1911 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Species

Note about family

See also

References