Species Antipodophlebia asthenes (Tillyard, 1916)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Telephlebia asthenes Tillyard, R.J. 1916. Life-histories and descriptions of Australian Aeschninae, with a description of a new form of Telephlebia by Herbert Campion. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 33: 1-83 pls 1-9 [41].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Killarney, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Kimmins, D.E. 1969. A list of the type-specimens of Libellulidae and Corduliidae (Odonata) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 22: 277-305 (re type).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: crepuscular, predator, volant.

Larvae: predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva apparently semi-terrestrial.

 

General References

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

Watson, J.A.L. & Theischinger, G. 1980. The larva of Antipodophlebia asthenes (Tillyard): a terrestrial dragonfly? (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae). Odonatologica 9: 253-258

 

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)