Species Austrogomphus (Austrogomphus) mjobergi Sjöstedt, 1917

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• Austrogomphus mjobergi Sjöstedt, Y. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913 16. Odonaten. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(11): 1-44 [11].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRM ♂, Kimberley region, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, 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. 1969. Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeography of dragonflies (Odonata) from the north-west of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 65-112

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	28-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		14-Jan-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)