Species Diphlebia euphaeoides Tillyard, 1907
Tropical Rockmaster
- Diphlebia euphaeoides Tillyard, R.J. 1907. New Australian species of the family Calopterygidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 394-399 [394].
Type data:
Lectotype ANIC 9850 ♂, Kuranda, QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Watson, J.A.L. 1969. Australasian dragonflies described by R.J. Tillyard, with the location of types and the designation of lectotypes. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8: 153-160. - Diphlebia reinholdi Förster, G. 1910. Beiträge zu den Gattungen und Arten der Libellen. II. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 29: 51-56 [55].
Type data:
Lectotype UMMZ ♂, Port Moresby, New Guinea.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Watson, J.A.L. 1977. The distributions of the Australian dragonflies (Odonata): First supplement. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 16: 277-279 [277]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Papua.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Papua New Guinea
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, volant.
Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Streams, riverine.
General References
Stewart, W.E. 1980. The Australian genus Diphlebia Selys (Odonata: Amphipterygidae) I. Taxonomic revision of the adults. II. Taxonomy of the larvae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 75: 1-72 (larva)
Watson, J.A.L. 1992. The correct spelling of Diphlebia 'euphoeoides' Tillyard 1907 (Zygoptera: Amphipterygidae). Notulae Odonatologicae 3(9): 154-155 (correct spelling of specific name)
Watson, J.A.L. & Theischinger, G. 1984. Regions of taxonomic disjunction in Australian Odonata and other freshwater insects. Odonatologica 13: 147-157 (distribution)