Austropetaliidae is a small

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

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 ...

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

and Australia. Members of Austropetaliidae can be medium-sized to large dragonflies. This group was initially created for some archaic members of the family Neopetaliidae and was promoted to family rank in 1994.

Genera

The family includes the following genera: * ''

Austropetalia ''Austropetalia'' is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austropetaliidae Austropetaliidae is a small family of dragonflies occurring in Chile, Argentina and Australia. Members of Austropetaliidae can be medium-sized to large dragonflies. ...

'' * ''

Archipetalia ''Archipetalia'' is a monotypic genus of Australian dragonflies in the family Austropetaliidae, The only known species of this genus is ''Archipetalia auriculata'', known as a Tasmanian redspot. ''Archipetalia auriculata'' is a medium-sized and ...

'' * '' Hypopetalia'' * ''

Phyllopetalia ''Phyllopetalia'' is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austropetaliidae. They are commonly known as Redspots. All the species are endemic to Chile except for ''P. pudu'' which also occurs in Argentina Argentina (), officially the A ...

References

Aeshnoidea Odonata of Australia Odonata families {{Aeshnoidea-stub