Bibliography for PETALURIDAE
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- Arthington, A.H. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. Dragonflies (Odonata) of coastal sand-dune fresh waters of south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33: 77-88
- Barrett, M.D. & Williams, M.R. 1998. Distribution of the western Petalura dragonfly Petalura hesperia Watson in Western Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology 4(2): 149-154
- Davies, D.A.L. 1998. The genus Petalura: Field observations, habits and conservation status (Anisoptera: Petaluridae). Odonatologica 27(3): 287-305
- Hawking, J. & Theischinger, G. 1999. Dragonfly larvae (Odonata). A guide to the identification of larvae of Australian families and to the identification and ecology of larvae from New South Wales. Albury : Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology Vol. 24 iv 218 pp.
- Kimmins, D.E. 1969. A list of the type-specimens of Odonata in the British Museum (Natural History) Part II. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 23: 287-314
- Leach, W.E. 1815. The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new, or interesting animals. Illustrated by R.P. Nodder. London : Nodder & Son Vol. 2 154 pp. pls 61-120.
- Theischinger, G. 1999. A new species of Petalura Leach from south-eastern Queensland (Odonata: Petaluridae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 31(1): 159-166
- Theischinger, G., Hawking, J. & Orr, A. 2021. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 2nd edn.
- Tillyard, R.J. 1908. On the genus Petalura, with description of a new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32(1907): 708-718 pl. xxxiii [11 Mar. 1908]
- Tillyard, R.J. 1909. Studies in the life-histories of Australian Odonata. i. The life-history of Petalura gigantea Leach. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 256-267 pl. xxiv
- Tillyard, R.J. 1911. Studies in the life-histories of Australian Odonata. No. 4. Further notes on the life-history of Petalura gigantea Leach. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36: 86-96 pl. vii
- Tillyard, R.J. 1913. On some Australian Anisoptera, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37(1912): 572-584 pl. lxii [22 July 1913]
- Tolman, E.R., Beatty, C.D., Kohli, M.K., Abbott, J., Bybee, S.M., Frandsen, P.B., Gosnell, J.S., Guralnick, R., Kalkman, V.J., Newton, L.G., Suvorov, A. & Ware, J.L. 2024. A molecular phylogeny of the Petaluridae (Odonata: Anisoptera): A 160-Million-Year-Old story of drift and extinction. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 200(108185)
- Watson, J.A.L. 1958. A new species of Petalura Leach (Odonata) from Western Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 27: 116-120
- Watson, J.A.L. 1962. The Dragonflies (Odonata) of South-Western Australia. A guide to the identification, ecology, distribution and affinities of larvae and adults. Handbook No. 7. Perth : Western Australian Naturalists' Club 72 pp.
- Watson, J.A.L. 1965. Petalurids: most primitive living dragonflies. Animals 6: 128-131
- Watson, T. 1982. Dragonflies in Australia. Hemisphere 27: 124-128
- Winstanley, W.J. 1982. Observations on the Petaluridae (Odonata). Advances in Odonatology 1: 303-308
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