Species Acanthaeschna victoria Martin, 1901

Museums

Regional Maps

• Acanthaeschna victoria Martin, R. 1901. Les odonates du continent australien. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 19: 220-248 [233] [Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1883. Synopsis des Aeschnines. Première partie: Classification. Bull. Acad. R. Belg. Cl. Sci. 3 5: 712–748 first used the name Acanthaeschna victoria but the specific epithet was a nom. nud.; Martin, 1901 provided the first description and thus assumes authorship].

  Type data:

   Lectotype RIB ♂, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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.

  Secondary source:

   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.

 

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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva unknown.

 

General References

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	24-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)