Species Archiargiolestes pusillus (Tillyard, 1908)

Museums

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• Argiolestes minimus pusillus Tillyard, R.J. 1908. The dragonflies of south-western Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 719-742 pls xxxiv-xxxvi [11 Mar. 1908] [736] [first introduced as a subspecies of Argiolestes minimus Tillyard, 1908].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC 9853 ♂, Bridgetown, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watson, J.A.L. 1969. Australasian dragonflies described by R.J. Tillyard, with the location of types and the designation of lectotypes. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8: 153-160.

 

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: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

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

Extra Ecological Information

Streams, boggy seepages, summer-dry swamps.

 

General References

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] (raised Argiolestes minimus pusillus Tillyard, 1908 to species rank)

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. 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
		12-Feb-2010	(import)