Species Austroargiolestes aureus (Tillyard, 1906)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Argiolestes aureus Tillyard, R.J. 1906. New Australian species of the family Agrionidae (Neuroptera: Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31: 177-194 pl. xvii [19 Mar. 1913] [178].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Kuranda, QLD.

  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 [196].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Streams, usually in rainforest.

 

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)