Genus Austroaeschna Selys, 1883

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• Austroaeschna Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1883. Synopsis des Aeschnines. Première partie: Classification. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 3 5: 712-748 [732] [first introduced as a subgenus of Aeshna Fabricius, 1775].

  Type species:

   Aeschna (Austroaeschna) parvistigma Selys, 1883 by monotypy.
• Pulchaeschna Peters, G. & Theischinger, G. 2007. Die gondwanischen Aeshniden Australiens (Odonata: Telephlebiidae und Brachytronidae). Denisia 20: 517-574.

  Type species:

   Austroaeschna unicornis pulchra Tillyard, 1909 by original designation.
• Dromaeschna Förster, F. 1908. Über die Australischen Aeschniden der Gruppe Brachytron Karsch. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 52: 190-194 [191].

  Type species:

   Planaeschna forcipata Tillyard, 1907 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Martin, R. 1909. Aeschnines. In, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. 85-156 pls 3-4

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Victorian Midlands (VM) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Channel Country (CHC) ; Qld: Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

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)