Taxonomy
Petaluridae
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records: | 12 | Public Records: | 8 |
Specimens with Sequences: | 10 | Public Species: | 2 |
Specimens with Barcodes: | 2 | Public BINs: | 0 |
Species: | 3 | ||
Species With Barcodes: | 1 | ||
Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Petaluridae
The Petaltails of the family Petaluridae are apparently the most ancient of the extant true dragonflies (infraorder Anisoptera), having fossil members from as early as the Jurassic (over 150 million years ago).
Modern petalurids include only 11 species, one of which, the Australian Petalura ingentissima, is the largest of living dragonflies, having a wingspan of up to 160 mm and a body length of over 100 mm. Other Australian species include Petalura gigantea (commonly known as the Giant Dragonfly). In the United States there are two species, one on either coast. The larvae live primarily in stream banks, mostly in burrows, but the larvae of the eastern U.S. species, Tachopteryx thoreyi, the Gray Petaltail, live in depressions under wet leaves.[1] The semi-aquatic habitat of the larvae makes the Petaltails unique in the modern dragonfly families.
Notes
- ^ Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691122814.
References
- Silsby, Jill. 2001. Dragonflies of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
- Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom, Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
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