Austropetaliidae

Austropetaliidae
Archipetalia auriculata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Austropetaliidae
Genera

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Austropetaliidae is a small family of dragonflies occurring in Chile, Argentina 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.

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