Genus Acanthaeschna Selys, 1883

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• Acanthaeschna Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1883. Synopsis des Aeschnines. Première partie: Classification. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 3 5: 712-748 [732] [first introduced as a subgenus of Aeshna Fabricius, 1775, (as Aeschna, see Aeschna Anon., 1801)].

  Type species:

   Acanthaeschna victoria Martin, 1901 by subsequent designation, see Förster, F. 1908. Über die Australischen Aeschniden der Gruppe Brachytron Karsch. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 52: 190-194.

  Secondary source:

   Allbrook, P. & Watson, J.A.L. 1979. The status of the Australian aeshnid genera Acanthaeschna Selys and Austroaeschna Selys (Odonata). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17: 323-327.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Flinders (FLI), 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) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)