Species Austroaeschna forcipata (Tillyard, 1907)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Planaeschna forcipata Tillyard, R.J. 1907. New Australian species of the family Aeschnidae. (Neuroptera: Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31(1906): 722-730 pl. lxviii [28 Mar. 1907] [726].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Kuranda, QLD.

  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.
• Dromaeschna severini Förster, F. 1908. Über die Australischen Aeschniden der Gruppe Brachytron Karsch. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 52: 190-194 [191].

  Type data:

   Holotype UMMZ ♂, Barron River, near Cairns, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Tillyard, R.J. 1913. On some Australian Anisoptera, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37(1912): 572-584 pl. lxii [22 July 1913] [581]

 

Generic Combinations

• Austroaeschna forcipata (Tillyard, 1907). —
  Theischinger, G., Hawking, J. & Orr, A. 2021. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 2nd edn.
• Dromaeschna forcipata (Tillyard, 1907).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream.

 

General References

Theischinger, G. 1982. A revision of the Australian genera Austroaeschna Selys and Notoaeschna Tillyard (Odonata: Aeshnidae: Brachytroninae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 87: 1-67 (larva)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	24-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
18-Jul-2012		18-Jul-2012	MOVED
19-Jul-2012		18-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)