Micromidia rodericki is a species of dragonfly in the family Austrocorduliidae, endemic to Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, Australia, where it inhabits rainforest streams. It is commonly known as the Thursday Island mosquitohawk.
Taxonomy Micromidia rodericki was originally described by Frederic Charles Fraser in 1959 from material collected on Thursday Island, Queensland. At the time of its description, it was placed in the genus Micromidia. In recent classifications, the species is placed in the family Austrocorduliidae.
Etymology The genus name Micromidia combines the Greek μικρός (mikros, "small") with an uncertain second element.
In 1959, F. C. Fraser named this species dobsoni, an eponym honouring Roderick Dobson, who collected the original specimen.
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See also List of Odonata species of Australia
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