Introduction

The Gomphidae is a large, cosmopolitan family of some 90 genera and 900 species (Davies 1981; Bridges 1994). The gomphids are very homogeneous in appearance and attempts at their subfamilial classification have been unsatisfactory (cf. Watson & O'Farrell 1985). Fraser (1951, 1953, 1960) revised the Australian fauna, but many problems remained, due partly to the unsatisfactory subfamilial classification. Watson (1991) revised the Australian gomphids, along the lines foreshadowed in Watson & O'Farrell (1985). In this revision, two subfamilies were recognized, the Ictinogomphinae (=Lindeniinae) and the Gomphinae. The former included only the three species of Ictinogomphus now included in a separate family Lindeniidae. The Gomphinae are more numerous: seven species of Hemigomphus; six of Antipodogomphus; five subgenera of Austrogomphus (including Austroepigomphus) with 21 species; Armagomphus armiger; and Odontogomphus, with a north Queensland species.

The Australian Gomphinae show strong Gondwanan affinities (Watson & O'Farrell, 1985). Hawking & Theischinger (1999) give a key to the larvae of nine known New South Wales species and note that it is not possible to confidently identify Hemigomphus larvae to species.

Theischinger et al.(2021) places all species previously within Lindeniidae into Gomphidae, effectively synonymizing the two.

Diagnosis

Adult: eyes widely separated; primary antenodals strongly differentiated, secondary antenodals not necessarily aligned; median space free; triangular spaces differing moderately in shape in fore- and hindwing, that of hindwing slightly elongate along wing axis; anal loop, if present, poorly defined, rudimentary; base of hindwing usually angulated in male, often strongly so; auricles usually well developed; ovipositor reduced to vulvar scale, sometimes elongate.

Larva: labium flat, usually short, lacking setae, median lobe not cleft, palps narrow; antennae 4-segmented; pro- and mesotarsus with 2 segments only; pro- and mesotibia often with distal spur or digging hook; wing pads parallel.

General References

Bechly, G. 1996. Morphologische Untersuchungen am Flügelgeäder der rezenten Libellen und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Phylogenetischen Systematik und des Grundplanes der Odonata. Petalura, Special volume 2: 1-402

Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Odonata of the world. Urbana, Illinois : C.A. Bridges xiv 951 pp.

Carle, F.L. 1986. The classification, phylogeny and biogeography of the Gomphidae (Anisoptera). I. Classification. Odonatologica 15: 275-326

Davies, D.A.L. 1981. A synopsis of the extant genera of the Odonata. Societas Internationalis Odonatologica, Rapid Communications 3: i-xiv 1-59

Fraser, F.C. 1951. A note on the synonymy of some species of Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 87: 254-255

Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.

Fraser, F.C. 1960. A Handbook of the Dragonflies of Australasia, with keys for the identification of all species. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 67 pp., 27 pls.

Hawking, J. & Theischinger, G. 1999. Dragonfly larvae (Odonata). A guide to the identification of larvae of Australian families and to the identification and ecology of larvae from New South Wales. Albury : Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology Vol. 24 iv 218 pp.

Watson, J.A.L. 1974. The distributions of the Australian dragonflies (Odonata). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 137-149

Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441

Watson, J.A.L. & O'Farrell, A.F. 1985. The affinities of the Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 499-508

Common Name References

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

History of changes

• Antipodogomphus Fraser, F.C. 1951. A note on the synonymy of some species of Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 87: 254-255 [254] [Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. erroneously designated Austrogomphus acolytus Fraser, 1951 as type species].

  Type species:

   Austrogomphus proselythus Martin, 1901 by original designation (as proselytus; Fraser, 1951).

  Secondary source:

   Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Channel Country (CHC), Flinders (FLI), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NT, Qld, WA: Sturt Plateau (STU) ; WA: Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal

History of changes

• Austrogomphus acolythus Martin, R. 1901. Les odonates du continent australien. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 19: 220-248 [233].

  Type data:

   Holotype RIB ♂, Gayndah, QLD.
• Austrogomphus manifestus Tillyard, R.J. 1909. On some rare Australian Gomphinae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 238-255 pls xxii-xxiii [248].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Kamerunga, QLD (as Kuranda, in error).

  Type locality references:

  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]; 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.
• Antipodogomphus acolytus Fraser, F.C. 1951. A note on the synonymy of some species of Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 87: 254-255 [254] [unjustified emendation of acolythus Martin, 1901].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fraser, F.C. 1951. A note on the synonymy of some species of Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 87: 254-255 [254]
• 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. [93]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: burrower, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, larva burrowing in mud and litter.

General References

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

Watson, J.A.L. & Theischinger, G. 1984. Regions of taxonomic disjunction in Australian Odonata and other freshwater insects. Odonatologica 13: 147-157

History of changes

• Antipodogomphus dentosus Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [347].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 9893 ♂, Katherine River, Katherine, 14°28'S 132°16'E, NT.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

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

• Antipodogomphus edentulus Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [350].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♀, Laura River nr Laura, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

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

• Antipodogomphus neophytus hodgkini Watson, J.A.L. 1969. Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeography of dragonflies (Odonata) from the north-west of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 65-112 [94].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♂, Millstream Spring, Millstream Station, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Dampierland (DL), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, females oviposit at dusk.

General References

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

Watson, J.A.L. 1974. The distributions of the Australian dragonflies (Odonata). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 137-149 [pl 143] (raised hodgkini to species level)

History of changes

• Antipodogomphus neophytus Fraser, F.C. 1958. Antipodogomphus neophytus, a new species of dragonfly from northwestern Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1956–57: 71-74 [71].

  Type data:

   Lectotype WAM ♂, Wyndham, Kimberley Research Station, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [353].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, larva unknown.

General References

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

Watson, J.A.L. 1969. Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeography of dragonflies (Odonata) from the north-west of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 65-112

History of changes

• Austrogomphus proselythus Martin, R. 1901. Les odonates du continent australien. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 19: 220-248 [233].

  Type data:

   Holotype RIB ♂, Gayndah, QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.
• Austrogomphus arenarius Tillyard, R.J. 1906. Descriptions of three new species of Austrogomphus (Neuroptera: Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 30: 547-554 pl. xxxiv [549].

  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.
• Antipodogomphus proselytus Fraser, F.C. 1951. A note on the synonymy of some species of Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 87: 254-255 [254] [unjustified emendation of proselythus Martin, 1901].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fraser, F.C. 1951. A note on the synonymy of some species of Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 87: 254-255 [254]
• 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. [93]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine.

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

• Armagomphus Carle, F.L. 1986. The classification, phylogeny and biogeography of the Gomphidae (Anisoptera). I. Classification. Odonatologica 15: 275-326 [287].

  Type species:

   Austrogomphus armiger Tillyard, 1913 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

History of changes

• Austrogomphus armiger 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] [577].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Waroona, WA.

  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

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream.

General References

Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. (taxonomy)

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

Watson, J.A.L. 1962. The Dragonflies (Odonata) of South-Western Australia. A guide to the identification, ecology, distribution and affinities of larvae and adults. Handbook No. 7. Perth : Western Australian Naturalists' Club 72 pp. (larva, biology)

Watson, J.A.L. 1981. Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). pp. 1139-1167 in Keast, A. (ed.). Ecological Biogeography of Australia. The Hague : Junk Vol. 2. (indicated a new genus was required for Austrogomphus armiger Tillyard, 1913)

History of changes

• Austroepigomphus Fraser, F.C. 1951. A note on the synonymy of some species of Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 87: 254-255 [254] [sunk to subgeneric status by Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289–441 [403]].

  Type species:

   Onychogomphus praeruptus Selys, 1857 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP) ; NSW, Qld, SA: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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) ; NT, Qld, SA, WA: Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NT, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal

History of changes

• Austroepigomphus Fraser, F.C. 1951. A note on the synonymy of some species of Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 87: 254-255.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Onychogomphus praeruptus Selys-Longchamps, E. de & Hagen, H.A. 1857. Monographie des Gomphines. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences de Liège 11: 257-720 23 pls [395].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀ (apparently lost), Adelaide, SA.
• Austrogomphus melaleucae Tillyard, R.J. 1909. On some rare Australian Gomphinae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 238-255 pls xxii-xxiii [241].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Duck Creek, Auburn, near Sydney, 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.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Theischinger, G. & Endersby, I. 2009. Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata. Sydney : The Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW 283 pp. [84] (state that "… Austrogomphus (Austroepigomphus) melaleucae Tillyard, 1909 is considered to be a junior synonym of Austrogomphus (Austroepigomphus) praeruptus (Selys, 1857)")

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, riverine pools.

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

• Xerogomphus Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [424].

  Type species:

   Austrogomphus turneri Martin, 1901 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

History of changes

• Austrogomphus gordoni Watson, J.A.L. 1962. The Dragonflies (Odonata) of South-Western Australia. A guide to the identification, ecology, distribution and affinities of larvae and adults. Handbook No. 7. Perth : Western Australian Naturalists' Club 72 pp. [13] [name first made available in a key to larva p. 13; adult keyed p. 20].

  Type data:

   Lectotype WAM ♂, Millstream Spring, Millstream Station, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watson, J.A.L. 1969. Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeography of dragonflies (Odonata) from the north-west of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 65-112.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine.

General References

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

Watson, J.A.L. 1969. Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeography of dragonflies (Odonata) from the north-west of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 65-112 (redescription of adult)

History of changes

• Austrogomphus turneri Martin, R. 1901. Les odonates du continent australien. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 19: 220-248 [230].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF 14779 ♂, Mackay, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Austroepigomphus (Xerogomphus) turneri (Martin, 1901). —
  Theischinger, G., Hawking, J. & Orr, A. 2021. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 2nd edn.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine.

General References

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

Watson, J.A.L. 1973. Odonata (Dragonflies). Appendix 3 pp. 1–7 fig. 1 tables 1–4 in, Alligator Rivers Region Environmental Fact-Finding Study: Entomology. Canberra : CSIRO, Division of Entomology. (distribution, ecology)

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [358]

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

GOMPHIDAE: Austrogomphus interruptus Selys, 1854 — Asahina, S. & Watson, J.A.L. 1960. The systematic position of Austrogomphus interruptus Selys 1854. Tombo 3: 2-7

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Nullarbor (NUL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal

History of changes

• Austrogomphus Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1854. Synopsis des Gomphines. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 21: 23-112 [65] [first introduced as a subgenus of Gomphus Leach, 1815].

  Type species:

   Gomphus guerini Rambur, 1842 by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. 1890. A Synonymic Catalogue of Neuroptera Odonata, or Dragonflies. With an Appendix of fossil species. London : Gurney & Jackson ix 202 pp.

  Secondary source:

   Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal

History of changes

• Austrogomphus angeli Tillyard, R.J. 1913. Some descriptions of new forms of Australian Odonata. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38: 229-241 pl. xv [233].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Murray River, SA.

  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

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Murray River.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: lotic freshwater, predator, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Riverine, larva unknown.

General References

Peterson, M. 1993. A nomenclatural/conservation note on an Australian dragonfly species (Odonata: Gomphidae). Sydney Basin Naturalist 2: 21 [21] (correct spelling of specific name, conservation)

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

History of changes

• Austrogomphus arbustorum Tillyard, R.J. 1906. Descriptions of three new species of Austrogomphus (Neuroptera: Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 30: 547-554 pl. xxxiv [547].

  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.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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

Riverine.

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

• Austrogomphus australis Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1854. Synopsis des Gomphines. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 21: 23-112 [65].

  Type data:

   Lectotype OUM ♂, Adelaide, SA (as Terre de Nuits).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Predominantly inland.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Riverine; common, widespread species in inland river systems of eastern Australia.

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

• Austrogomphus collaris Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1854. Synopsis des Gomphines. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 21: 23-112 [64] [Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. and Fraser, F.C. 1960. A Handbook of the Dragonflies of Australasia, with keys for the identification of all species. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 67 pp. 27 pls incorrectly placed collaris in synonymy with Austrogomphus australis Dale, 1854].

  Type data:

   Neotype ANIC 9899 ♀, Helena Valley, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [379].

  Secondary source:

   Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.; Fraser, F.C. 1960. A Handbook of the Dragonflies of Australasia, with keys for the identification of all species. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 67 pp., 27 pls.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine.

General References

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

Watson, J.A.L. 1962. The Dragonflies (Odonata) of South-Western Australia. A guide to the identification, ecology, distribution and affinities of larvae and adults. Handbook No. 7. Perth : Western Australian Naturalists' Club 72 pp. (larva, biology)

History of changes

• Austrogomphus (Austrogomphus) cornutus Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [384].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 9856 ♂, Namoi River, Narrabri, 30°20'S 149°47'E, NSW.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Primarily a stream dweller; not extending into sluggish, mature inland waterways.

General References

Hawking, J.H. & New, T.R. 1996. The development of dragonfly larvae (Odonata: Anisoptera) from two streams in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. Hydrobiologia 317: 13-30 (phenology)

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

History of changes

• Austrogomphus doddi Tillyard, R.J. 1909. On some rare Australian Gomphinae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 238-255 pls xxii-xxiii [249].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Kuranda, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, larva unknown.

General References

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

Theischinger, G. & Watson, J.A.L. 1979. Odonata from Carnarvon Gorge, Queensland. Australian Entomological Magazine 6: 25-28 (as Austrogomphus sp. "c")

Watson, J.A.L. 1974. The distributions of the Australian dragonflies (Odonata). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 137-149 (as Austrogomphus sp. "c")

Watson, J.A.L. & Theischinger, G. 1984. Regions of taxonomic disjunction in Australian Odonata and other freshwater insects. Odonatologica 13: 147-157 (as Austrogomphus sp. "c")

History of changes

• Gomphus guerini Rambur, P. 1842. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Névroptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret xvii 534 pp. 12 pls. [162].

  Type data:

   Holotype RIB ♂, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).

  Type locality references:

  Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lake, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine.

General References

Allbrook, P. 1979. Tasmanian Odonata. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 1. Hobart : University of Tasmania 84 pp. (larva, biology)

Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.

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

History of changes

• Austrogomphus mjobergi Sjöstedt, Y. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913 16. Odonaten. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(11): 1-44 [11].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRM ♂, Kimberley region, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine.

General References

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

Watson, J.A.L. 1969. Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeography of dragonflies (Odonata) from the north-west of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 65-112

History of changes

• Austrogomphus mouldsorum Theischinger, G. 1999. A new gomphid species from the Kimberleys in north-western Australia (Insecta: Odonata). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 31(1): 369-372 [369].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♀, El Questro Stn, Emma Gorge, E Kimberley, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva unknown.

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

• Hemigomphus ochraceus Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1869. Secondes additions au synopsis des Gomphines. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 2 28: 168-208 [187].

  Type data:

   Holotype RIB ♂, Melbourne, VIC.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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, NE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, larva amongst detritus/mud in pools and on gravel beds.

General References

Hawking, J.H. & New, T.R. 1996. The development of dragonfly larvae (Odonata: Anisoptera) from two streams in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. Hydrobiologia 317: 13-30 (phenology)

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

Tillyard, R.J. 1910. On some experiments with dragonfly larvae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 35: 666-676

History of changes

• Austrogomphus pusillus Sjöstedt, Y. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913 16. Odonaten. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(11): 1-44 [13].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♂, Noonkanbah Station, Kimberley region, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: lotic freshwater, predator, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Riverine, larva unknown.

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

• Pleiogomphus Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [410].

  Type species:

   Hemigomphus amphiclitus Selys, 1873 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal

History of changes

• Hemigomphus amphiclitus Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1873. Troisièmes additions au synopsis des Gomphines. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 2 35: 732-774 [757].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, QLD.
• Austrogomphus risi Martin, R. 1901. Les odonates du continent australien. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 19: 220-248 [232].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF ♀, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fraser, F.C. 1951. A note on the synonymy of some species of Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 87: 254-255 [254]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine.

General References

Fraser, F.C. 1959. New genera and species of Odonata from Australia in the Dobson Collection. The Australian Zoologist 12: 352-361 (erroneously transferred Austrogomphus amphiclitus (Selys, 1873) to Austroepigomphus Fraser, 1951)

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

History of changes

• Austrogomphus bifurcatus Tillyard, R.J. 1909. On some rare Australian Gomphinae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 238-255 pls xxii-xxiii [244].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Atherton, 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.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Atherton Tablelands and high country inland of Mossman.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: lotic freshwater, predator, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, primarily in rainforest, larva unknown.

General References

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 (taxonomy)

Sjöstedt, Y. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913 16. Odonaten. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(11): 1-44 (taxonomy)

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

History of changes

• Austrogomphus (Pleiogomphus) divaricatus Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [418].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 9855 ♂, Millstream Falls nr Ravenshoe, 17°40'S 145°26'E, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), 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

Rapid streams and rivers.

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

• Austrogomphus prasinus Tillyard, R.J. 1906. Descriptions of three new species of Austrogomphus (Neuroptera: Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 30: 547-554 pl. xxxiv [552].

  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.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), 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, riverine, primarily in rainforest.

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

• Hemigomphus Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1854. Synopsis des Gomphines. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 21: 23-112 [66] [first introduced as a subgenus of Gomphus Leach, 1815].

  Type species:

   Hemigomphus heteroclytus Selys, 1854 by subsequent monotypy, see Selys-Longchamps, E. de & Hagen, H.A. 1857. Monographie des Gomphines. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences de Liège 11: 257-720 23 pls.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT: Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Sturt Plateau (STU)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

History of changes

• Hemigomphus atratus Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [313].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 9888 ♂, creek from Mt Haig, near Tinaroo Dam, 17°10'S 145°35'E, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Clear, rapid streams.

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

• Austrogomphus comitatus Tillyard, R.J. 1909. On some rare Australian Gomphinae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 238-255 pls xxii-xxiii [245] [Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. and Fraser, F.C. 1960. A Handbook of the Dragonflies of Australasia, with keys for the identification of all species. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 67 pp. 27 pls erroneously regarded Austrogomphus comitatus Tillyard, 1909 as a synonym of Hemigomphus gouldii (Selys, 1854)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Cooktown, 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.

  Secondary source:

   Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.; Fraser, F.C. 1960. A Handbook of the Dragonflies of Australasia, with keys for the identification of all species. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 67 pp., 27 pls.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), 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, riverine.

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

• Hemigomphus cooloola Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [318].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 9894 ♂, Searys Creek, Cooloola National Park, 26°05'S 153°07'E, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Sluggish streams, pools on sand.

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

• Austrogomphus gouldii Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1854. Synopsis des Gomphines. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 21: 23-112 [64].

  Type data:

   Neotype ANIC 9891 ♂, Shoalhaven River at Braidwood to Goulburn rd, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [306].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and montane crescent from Adelaide to S QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, larva amongst sand and gravel near cobbles.

General References

Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. (in error, as a senior synonym of Austrogomphus comitatus Tillyard, 1909)

Hawking, J.H. & New, T.R. 1996. The development of dragonfly larvae (Odonata: Anisoptera) from two streams in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. Hydrobiologia 317: 13-30 (phenology)

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

Watson, J.A.L. 1974. The distributions of the Australian dragonflies (Odonata). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 137-149 (in error, as a senior synonym of Hemigomphus heteroclytus Selys, 1854)

History of changes

• Hemigomphus heteroclytus Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1854. Synopsis des Gomphines. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 21: 23-112 [68].

  Type data:

   Lectotype RIB ♂, Australia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [311].

  Type locality references:

  Selys-Longchamps, E. de & Hagen, H.A. 1857. Monographie des Gomphines. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences de Liège 11: 257-720 23 pls [419].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and montane crescent from Flinders Ranges to N QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, larva generally amongst sand and gravel.

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

• Hemigomphus magela Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [321].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 9890 ♂, Radon Springs, 12°45'S 132°56'E, 10 km SE of Jabiru, NT.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Permanent streams draining west from Arnhem Land escarpment.

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

• Hemigomphus theischingeri Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [324].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 9889 ♂, Mossman Gorge, 16°27'S 145°23'E, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Permanent streams along the coastal foothills.

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

• Ictinogomphus Cowley, J. 1934. The types of some genera of Gomphidae (Odonata). The Entomologist 67: 273-276 [274] [nom. nov. for Ictinus Rambur, 1842].
• Ictinus Rambur, P. 1842. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Névroptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret xvii 534 pp. 12 pls. [171] [non Ictinus de Laporte, 1834 (Coleoptera) and Ictinus Morris, 1837 (Aves)].

  Type species:

   Ictinus ferox Rambur, 1842 by subsequent designation, see Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1854. Synopsis des Gomphines. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 21: 23-112.
• Indictinogomphus Fraser, F.C. 1939. A note on the generic characters of Ictinogomphus Cowley (Odonata). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 8: 21-23 [21].

  Type species:

   Diastatomma rapax Rambur, 1842 by original designation.
• Austrictinogomphus Fraser, F.C. 1940. A comparative study of the penes of the family Gomphidae (Order Odonata). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 90: 541-550 6 pls [14 Dec. 1940] [550] [Austrictinogomphus gen. nov. was also published in Tillyard, R.J. & Fraser, F.C. 1940. A reclassification of the order Odonata. Based on some new interpretations of the venation of the dragonfly wing. Continuation and conclusion. Part III. Australian Zoologist 9: 359–396 [Dec. 1940] (372); Fraser, 1940 op. cit. has precedence, ICZN Art. 21c (i)].

  Type species:

   Ictinus acutus Laidlaw, 1914 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Tillyard, R.J. & Fraser, F.C. 1940. A reclassification of the order Odonata. Based on some new interpretations of the venation of the dragonfly wing. Continuation and conclusion. Part III. The Australian Zoologist 9: 359-396 [Dec. 1940].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lieftinck, M.A. 1942. The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands Part VI. Results of the third Archbold Expedition 1938–'39 and of the Le Roux Expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (I. Anisoptera). Treubia 18: 441-608 pls 23-41 [568]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ethiopian Region and Asia to Australia.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; WA: Great Sandy Desert (GSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal

Oriental Region

Distribution References

History of changes

• Ictinus australis Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1873. Troisièmes additions au synopsis des Gomphines. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 2 35: 732-774 [769].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, 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.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lake, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, permanent pond, predator, swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

Primarily riverine pools, lagoons and ponds, larva amongst mud and detritus on pool bottom.

General References

Fraser, F.C. 1953. Gomphidae. Fasc. XXI pp. 1–36 in, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps. Brussels : Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.

Lieftinck, M.A. 1942. The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands Part VI. Results of the third Archbold Expedition 1938–'39 and of the Le Roux Expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (I. Anisoptera). Treubia 18: 441-608 pls 23-41 [566] (non-Australian subspecies)

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

Watson, J.A.L. 1973. Odonata (Dragonflies). Appendix 3 pp. 1–7 fig. 1 tables 1–4 in, Alligator Rivers Region Environmental Fact-Finding Study: Entomology. Canberra : CSIRO, Division of Entomology.

History of changes

• Indictinogomphus australis dobsoni Watson, J.A.L. 1969. Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeography of dragonflies (Odonata) from the north-west of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 65-112 [88].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♂, Millstream Spring, Millstream Station, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Dampierland (DL), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, permanent pond, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, riverine pools; primarily permanent, still or sluggish waters,.

General References

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

Watson, J.A.L. 1974. The distributions of the Australian dragonflies (Odonata). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 137-149 (raised dobsoni to specific rank)

History of changes

• Ictinogomphus paulini Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [298].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 9852 ♂, Claudie River near Iron Range, Cape York, 12º46'S 143º16'E, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.

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

• Odontogomphus Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [334].

  Type species:

   Odontogomphus donnellyi Watson, 1991 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

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

History of changes

• Odontogomphus donnellyi Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [335].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 9892 ♂, Tchooratippa Creek, Palmerston National Park, 17°37'S 145°40'E, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), 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

Clear, permanent streams in rainforest.

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

• Zephyrogomphus Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [432].

  Type species:

   Hemigomphus lateralis Selys, 1873 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

History of changes

• Hemigomphus? lateralis Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1873. Appendices aux troisièmes additions et liste des Gomphines, décrites dans le synopsis et ses trois additions. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 36: 492-531 [501] [the type locality of Austrogomphus lateralis (Selys, 1873) is almost certainly erroneous].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, N Australia.
• Austrogomphus occidentalis Tillyard, R.J. 1908. The dragonflies of south-western Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 719-742 pls xxxiv-xxxvi [11 Mar. 1908] [729].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Margaret River, WA.

  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.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fraser, F.C. 1951. A note on the synonymy of some species of Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 87: 254-255 [254]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator, swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

Primarily a stream dweller.

General References

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

Watson, J.A.L. 1962. The Dragonflies (Odonata) of South-Western Australia. A guide to the identification, ecology, distribution and affinities of larvae and adults. Handbook No. 7. Perth : Western Australian Naturalists' Club 72 pp. (larva, biology)

History of changes

• Odontogomphus longipositor Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [337].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 9793 ♀, Paluma, Mt Spec, approx. 70 km NW of Townsville, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Steep-sided sluggish creeks with deeper pools, overgrown and shaded by ferns in rainforest.

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