Species Potamarcha congener (Rambur, 1842)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Libellula congener Rambur, P. 1842. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Névroptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret xvii 534 pp. 12 pls. [70] [replacement name for Libellula obscura Rambur, 1842].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, unknown locality (as Ancienne collection Latreille, et sans indication de patrie).
• Libellula obscura Rambur, P. 1842. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Névroptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret xvii 534 pp. 12 pls. [64] [junior primary homonym of Libellula obscura Fabricius, 1775].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀, East Indies (as Des Indies).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kimmins, D.E. 1957. Some notes on nomenclature in the family Libellulidae (Odonata). The Entomologist 90: 95-97 [96]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern and eastern Asia, Indonesia and New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

• Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: lentic freshwater, permanent pond, predator, swamp, volant.

Larvae: temporary pond.

Extra Ecological Information

Riverine lagoons, larva apparently unknown.

 

General References

Ris, F. 1909. Libellulinen 2. Fasc. X pp. 121–244 1 pl. in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. [156] (types)

Theischinger, G., Hawking, J. & Orr, A. 2021. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 2nd edn.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	31-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)