Alpine darner

Alpine darner
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Odonata
Infraorder:Anisoptera
Family:Telephlebiidae
Genus:Austroaeschna
Species: A. flavomaculata
Binomial name
Austroaeschna flavomaculata

The alpine darner, Austroaeschna flavomaculata, is a species of dragonfly in the family Telephlebiidae,[3] that is known to be present in the mountainous regions of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia.[4] Although the male was first described in 1916, the female and larvae were not described until 1982.[5]

Austroaeschna flavomaculata is a very dark dragonfly with pale markings. It appears similar to the multi-spotted darner, Austroaeschna multipunctata, which is found in small mountain streams in south-eastern Australia.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Dow, R.A. (2017). "Austroaeschna flavomaculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T14255728A59256358. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14255728A59256358.en. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Tillyard, R.J. (1916). "Life-histories and descriptions of Australian Aeschninae, with a description of a new form of Telephlebia by Herbert Campion". Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 33: 1–83 [47]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00253.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ "Species Austroaeschna (Austroaeschna) flavomaculata Tillyard, 1916". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  4. ↑ http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_499.htm
  5. ↑ Theischinger, G. (1982). "A revision of the Australian genera Austroaeschna Selys and Notoaeschna Tillyard (Odonata : Aeshnidae : Brachytroninae)". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series. 30 (87): 1–67. doi:10.1071/AJZS087.
  6. ↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
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