Species Austroagrion cyane (Selys, 1876)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudagrion cyane Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1876. Synopsis des Agrionines, 5me légion: Agrion (suite). Le grand genre Agrion. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 42: 490-531, 952-991 [508].

  Type data:

   Holotype RIB ♂, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande (indication un peu douteuse)).

  Secondary source:

   Lieftinck, M.A. 1982. Settling up matters of taxonomy, nomenclature, and synonymy in the genus Austroagrion Tillyard (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica 11: 287-295 (location of types).
• Pseudagrion coeruleum 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] [739].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Perth, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kimmins, D.E. 1970. A list of the type-specimens of Odonata in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 24: 171-205.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lieftinck, M.A. 1982. Settling up matters of taxonomy, nomenclature, and synonymy in the genus Austroagrion Tillyard (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica 11: 287-295 [288]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: SE coastal, W plateau
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lake, lentic freshwater, permanent pond, predator, swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

Riverine.

 

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 as Austroagrion coeruleum (Tillyard, 1908))

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	23-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)