Subspecies Eusynthemis nigra nigra (Tillyard, 1906)

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• Synthemis nigra Tillyard, R.J. 1906. New Australian species of the family Libellulidae. (Neuroptera: Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31: 480-492 pl. xliv [489].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Kuranda, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kimmins, D.E. 1969. A list of the type-specimens of Libellulidae and Corduliidae (Odonata) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 22: 277-305.
• Synthemis guttata punctata Tillyard, R.J. 1906. New Australian species of the family Libellulidae. (Neuroptera: Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31: 480-492 pl. xliv [489] [punctata is a nom. nud. derived from correspondence from Martin to Tillyard, Watson, J.A.L. in Houston, W.W.K. & Watson, J.A.L. 1988. Odonata. pp. 33–132 in Walton, D.W. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 6. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service xi 316 pp.].

  Secondary source:

   Watson, J.A.L. in Houston, W.W.K. & Watson, J.A.L. 1988. Odonata. pp. 33-132 in Walton, D.W. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 6. Ephemeroptera, Megaloptera, Odonata, Plecoptera, Trichoptera. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 316 pp.
• Eusynthemis ptilorhina Förster, F. 1908. Zur Gattung Synthemis de Selys sens. ampl. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 27: 25-29 [26].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) 4♂ 4♀, Barron River, Cairns (as Baronfluss bei Cairns), QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lieftinck, M.A. 1951. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 64. Odonata of the 1948 Archbold Cape York Expedition, with a list of the dragonflies from the peninsula. American Museum Novitates 1488: 1-46 [43]
• Watson, J.A.L. in Houston, W.W.K. & Watson, J.A.L. 1988. Odonata. pp. 33-132 in Walton, D.W. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 6. Ephemeroptera, Megaloptera, Odonata, Plecoptera, Trichoptera. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 316 pp. [108]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream.

 

General References

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	30-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)