Species Diphlebia nymphoides Tillyard, 1912

Museums

Regional Maps

• Diphlebia nymphoides Tillyard, R.J. 1912. On the genus Diphlebia, with descriptions of new species, and life-histories. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36(1911): 584-604 pls xix-xx [8 Feb. 1912] [588].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Rocky Creek, near Caroda, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kimmins, D.E. 1969. A list of the type-specimens of Odonata in the British Museum (Natural History) Part II. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 23: 287-314.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: predator.

Lotic freshwater.

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)

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

 

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)