Species Austroargiolestes calcaris (Fraser, 1958)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Argiolestes calcaris Fraser, F.C. 1958. A new species of Argiolestes from New South Wales (Order Odonata). Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1956–57: 70-71 [27 June 1958] [70].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC 9845 ♂, Mt Kosciusko, 5,000 ft, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watson, J.A.L. 1968. Dragonfly types from the Dobson collection, with the designation of lectotypes. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 7: 57-58.

 

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

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

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

Larvae: lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Streams, boggy seepages,.

 

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)