Family LIBELLAGINIDAE
Compiler and date details
W.W.K. Houston, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, ACT, Australia J.A.L. Watson, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, ACT, Australia Updated (1999) by A.A. Calder, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Introduction
The Libellaginidae formerly known as Chlorocyphidae, which contains some 16 genera and more than 120 species (Davies 1981; Bridges 1994), is confined to the Old World. Only one species has been recorded from Australia, but there are no recent records.
Diagnosis
Adult: primary antenodal crossveins distinct, plus secondary antenodals, sometimes numerous, costal and subcostal segments not strictly aligned; postnodal crossveins not aligned with veins behind them; discoidal cells traversed by crossveins; median space free; clypeus projecting forwards into broad snout.
Larva: labium flat, labial palps narrow with major setae near base, median lobe triangular, cleft; lateral gills slender, triquetral, median gill a short, stout spine.
General References
Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Odonata of the world. Urbana, Illinois : C.A. Bridges xiv 951 pp.
Davies, D.A.L. 1981. A synopsis of the extant genera of the Odonata. Societas Internationalis Odonatologica, Rapid Communications 3: i-xiv 1-59