Species Archiargiolestes pusillissimus Kennedy, 1925

Museums

Regional Maps

• Archiargiolestes pusillissimus Kennedy, C.H. 1925. New genera of Megapodagrioninae, with notes on the subfamily. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 67: 291-311 1 pl. [292] [the male paratype in the BMNH is a paralectotype of Argiolestes minimus Tillyard, 1908].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 9858 ♂, WA.

  Secondary source:

   Watson, J.A.L. 1977. The Argiolestes pusillus complex in Western Australia (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 16: 197-205 (re types).

 

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

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

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

Extra Ecological Information

Streams, boggy seepages and swamps, including summer-dry swamps.

 

General References

Watson, J.A.L. 1977. The Argiolestes pusillus complex in Western Australia (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 16: 197-205 (affinities, speciation, biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	22-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		25-Aug-2010	MODIFIED