{{Short description|Genus of dragonflies}} {{automatic taxobox |image= |image_caption= |taxon=Metaphya |authority=Laidlaw, 1912<ref name="Laidlaw 1912"/> | synonyms = {{species list | Anacordulia| Tillyard, 1926 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=AFD/> }}
'''''Metaphya''''' is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae.<ref name="AFD"/> ''Metaphya'' are found in Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Indonesia and parts of the Pacific region.<ref name="AFD"/>
==Species== The genus ''Metaphya'' includes the following species:<ref name="WOL"/>
*''Metaphya elongata'' {{small|Campion, 1921}} *''Metaphya micans'' {{small|Laidlaw, 1912}} *''Metaphya tillyardi'' {{small|Ris, 1913}}
==Etymology== The genus name ''Metaphya'' is derived from the Greek μετά (''meta'', "among" or "in the midst of") and φυή (''phyē'', "form", "stature" or "growth"), referring to its physical similarity to other corduliine genera.<ref name="Laidlaw 1912"/><ref name="Endersby & Fliedner 2015"/>
==References== <references> <ref name="Laidlaw 1912">{{Cite journal|last=Laidlaw|first=F.F.|date=1912|title=On a new genus and species of Odonata from Sarawak|journal=Sarawak Museum Journal|volume=1|pages=65–67 [65]}}</ref>
<ref name="AFD">{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Metaphya|title=Genus ''Metaphya'' Laidlaw, 1912|date=2012|website=Australian Faunal Directory|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="WOL">{{World Odonata List}}</ref>
<ref name="Endersby & Fliedner 2015">{{cite book |last1=Endersby |first1=Ian |last2=Fliedner |first2=Heinrich |title=The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies |date=2015 |publisher=Busybird Publishing |location=Eltham, Victoria, Australia |isbn=9781925260625 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283318421_The_Naming_of_Australia's_Dragonflies}}</ref> </references>
{{Commons}} {{Wikispecies}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2547127}}
Category:Corduliidae Category:Dragonfly genera Category:Odonata of Asia Category:Odonata of Oceania Category:Insects of New Guinea Category:Insects of Indonesia Category:Insects of Southeast Asia Category:Insects of New Caledonia Category:Taxa named by Frank Fortescue Laidlaw Category:Insects described in 1912
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