# Metaphya

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{{Short description|Genus of dragonflies}}
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|taxon=Metaphya
|authority=[Laidlaw](/source/Wikispecies%3AFrank_Fortescue_Laidlaw), 1912<ref name="Laidlaw 1912"/>
| synonyms = {{species list
 | Anacordulia| Tillyard, 1926
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'''''Metaphya''''' is a genus of [dragonfly](/source/dragonfly) in the family [Corduliidae](/source/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](/source/Metaphya_elongata)'' {{small|Campion, 1921}}
*''[Metaphya micans](/source/Metaphya_micans)'' {{small|Laidlaw, 1912}}
*''[Metaphya tillyardi](/source/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==
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<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](/source/Australian_Faunal_Directory)|publisher=[Australian Biological Resources Study](/source/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>
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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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