Species Archaeosynthemis occidentalis Tillyard, 1910

Museums

Regional Maps

• Synthemis macrostigma occidentalis Tillyard, R.J. 1910. Monograph of the genus Synthemis. (Neuroptera: Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 35: 312-377 pls iv-ix [355] [the provenance of the type specimens of S. macrostigma Selys, 1871 (Oceania and Fiji) remains unsubstantiated and the status of the two Australian subspecies is, therefore, uncertain].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Bridgetown, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator, swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream.

 

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. 1962. The Dragonflies (Odonata) of South-Western Australia. A guide to the identification, ecology, distribution and affinities of larvae and adults. Handbook No. 7. Perth : Western Australian Naturalists' Club 72 pp. (larva, biology)

Watson, J.A.L. 1967. The larva of Synthemis leachi Selys, with a key to the larvae of Western Australian Synthemidae (Odonata). Western Australian Naturalist 10: 86-91 (comparison with Synthemis leachii Selys, 1871)

Watson, J.A.L. 1981. Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). pp. 1139-1167 in Keast, A. (ed.). Ecological Biogeography of Australia. The Hague : Junk Vol. 2. (zoogeography)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	30-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
18-Jul-2012		18-Jul-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)