Species Austroaeschna atrata Martin, 1909

Museums

Regional Maps

• Austroaeschna atrata 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 [95].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, VIC.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Theischinger, G. 1982. A revision of the Australian genera Austroaeschna Selys and Notoaeschna Tillyard (Odonata: Aeshnidae: Brachytroninae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 87: 1-67.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, montane, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, montane streams between 400 m and the snowline, larva in log crevices and less commonly amongst rocks and detritus in pools.

 

General References

Theischinger, G. 1982. A revision of the Australian genera Austroaeschna Selys and Notoaeschna Tillyard (Odonata: Aeshnidae: Brachytroninae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 87: 1-67 (larval description, species distribution)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	24-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
18-Jul-2012		18-Jul-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)