| Taxon | Austrocnemis |
|---|---|
| Authority | Tillyard, 1913[1] |
Austrocnemis is a genus of damselflies belonging to the family Coenagrionidae.[2] Species of Austrocnemis are tiny, bronze-black damselflies with long legs.[3] They occur in New Guinea and Australia.[4]
Etymology
The genus name Austrocnemis combines the prefix austro- (from Latin auster, meaning “south wind”, hence “southern”) with -cnemis, from the Greek κνημίς (knēmis, “greave” or “legging”). The element -cnemis was first used in Platycnemis, referring to the expanded tibiae in that genus, but has since been used more broadly in the names of damselflies.[5]
In 1913, Robin Tillyard proposed the genus Austrocnemis for the damselfly then known as Agriocnemis splendida. The name refers to a southern representative of that group.[1][5]
Species
The genus Austrocnemis includes the following species:[6]
- Austrocnemis maccullochi (Tillyard, 1926)
- Austrocnemis obscura Theischinger & Watson, 1991
- Austrocnemis splendida (Martin, 1901)
References
- ^ Tillyard, R.J. (1913). "On some new and rare Australian Agrionidae (Odonata)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 37 (1912): 404–479 [456]. Bibcode:1913PLSNS..37..404T. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22352. – via Biodiversity Heritage Library
- ^ "Genus Austrocnemis Tillyard, 1913". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ Theischinger, Günther & Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
- ^ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.
- ^ Endersby, Ian & Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
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