Species Antipodogomphus proselythus (Martin, 1901)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Austrogomphus proselythus Martin, R. 1901. Les odonates du continent australien. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 19: 220-248 [233].

  Type data:

   Holotype RIB ♂, Gayndah, QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.
• Austrogomphus arenarius Tillyard, R.J. 1906. Descriptions of three new species of Austrogomphus (Neuroptera: Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 30: 547-554 pl. xxxiv [549].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Kuranda, QLD.

  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.
• Antipodogomphus proselytus Fraser, F.C. 1951. A note on the synonymy of some species of Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 87: 254-255 [254] [unjustified emendation of proselythus Martin, 1901].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fraser, F.C. 1951. A note on the synonymy of some species of Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 87: 254-255 [254]
• Watson, J.A.L. in Houston, W.W.K. & Watson, J.A.L. 1988. Odonata. pp. 33-132 in Walton, D.W. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 6. Ephemeroptera, Megaloptera, Odonata, Plecoptera, Trichoptera. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 316 pp. [93]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine.

 

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