Species Austrophya monteithorum Theischinger, 2019

Museums

Regional Maps

• Austrophya monteithorum Theischinger, G. 2019. Austrophya monteithorum sp. nov., a new dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera, Libelluloidea) from tropical Queensland, Australia, with notes on its collection and locality. Australian Entomologist 46(3): 145-155 [145].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM QMT244915 Larva (1100-1300 m, via Daintree, 24-27 Sept. 1984, G.B. and S.R. Monteith), Queensland, Thornton Peak [16.164ºS, 145.370ºE].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Genus L species m. —
  Theischinger, G. 2001. Regions of taxonomic disjunction in Australian Odonata and other freshwater insects: Second addendum, with the description of Austroaeschna unicornis pinheyi ssp. nov. (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae). Odonatologica 30(1): 87-96 [76]
• ?Austrophya sp. —
  Theischinger, G. & Endersby, I. 2014. Australian Dragonfly (Odonata) Larvae: Descriptive history and identification. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 72: 73–120 [104]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Thornton Peak in Daintree NP, north of Daintree, QLD

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Theischinger, G., Hawking, J. & Orr, A. 2021. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 2nd edn.

Theischinger, G. & Endersby, I. 2014. Australian Dragonfly (Odonata) Larvae: Descriptive history and identification. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 72: 73–120 [104] (as ?Austrophya sp)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	04-Apr-2022	MODIFIED
	Austrophya Tillyard, 1909	11-Sep-2020	ADDED