Species Austroargiolestes alpinus (Tillyard, 1913)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Argiolestes alpinus Tillyard, R.J. 1913. On some new and rare Australian Agrionidae (Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37(1912): 404-479 pls xliv-xlix [19 Mar 1913] [417].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Ebor, NSW.

  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.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator, swamp, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Streams, boggy seepages, larva unknown.

 

General References

Theischinger, G. & O'Farrell, A.F. 1986. The genus Austroargiolestes Kennedy (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae). Odonatologica 15: 387-428 (distribution)

 

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)