Species Anaciaeschna jaspidea (Burmeister, 1839)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aeschna jaspidea Burmeister, H. 1839. Handbuch der Entomologie. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin Vol. 2 805-862 pp. [840].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Java.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Moa Island, Torres Strait, from Peninsular India across SE Asia into the Pacific area as far east as Tahiti.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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

Oriental Region

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: nomadic, predator, volant.

Larvae: lake, lentic freshwater, permanent pond, predator, salt tolerant, swamp, temporary pond.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult tending to crepuscular activity.

 

General References

Lieftinck, M.A. 1954. Handlist of Malaysian Odonata. A catalogue of the dragonflies of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo, including the adjacent small islands. Treubia 22(Supplement): i-xiii 1-202 (habitat, distribution)

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		08-Jan-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)