Species Austroepigomphus (Austroepigomphus) praeruptus (Selys, 1857)
Twinspot Hunter
- Onychogomphus praeruptus Selys-Longchamps, E. de & Hagen, H.A. 1857. Monographie des Gomphines. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences de Liège 11: 257-720 23 pls [395].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♀ (apparently lost), Adelaide, SA. - Austrogomphus melaleucae Tillyard, R.J. 1909. On some rare Australian Gomphinae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 238-255 pls xxii-xxiii [241].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Duck Creek, Auburn, near Sydney, NSW.Subsequent designation references:
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.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Theischinger, G. & Endersby, I. 2009. Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata. Sydney : The Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW 283 pp. [84] (state that "… Austrogomphus (Austroepigomphus) melaleucae Tillyard, 1909 is considered to be a junior synonym of Austrogomphus (Austroepigomphus) praeruptus (Selys, 1857)")
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, volant.
Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Stream, riverine, riverine pools.
General References