Alpine darner

Austroasechna flavomaculata
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Austroaeschna
Species: A. flavomaculata
Binomial name
Austroaeschna flavomaculata
Tillyard, 1916 [1]

The alpine darner (Austroaeschna flavomaculata) is a species of dragonfly that is known to be present in the mountainous regions of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia.[2] Although the male was first described in 1916, the female and larvae were not described until 1982.[3]

References

  1. "Species Austroaeschna flavomaculata Tillyard, 1916". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  2. http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_499.htm
  3. 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): 1–0. doi:10.1071/AJZS087.
Front view of a male.


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