Species Gynacantha dobsoni Fraser, 1951

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• Gynacantha dobsoni Fraser, F.C. 1951. A new species of Gynacantha (Odon., Aeshnidae) from Australia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 87: 307-308 [307].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC 9844 ♂, Dunk Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watson, J.A.L. 1968. Dragonfly types from the Dobson collection, with the designation of lectotypes. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 7: 57-58.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

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), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: crepuscular, lentic freshwater, 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.

Watson, J.A.L. 1974. The distributions of the Australian dragonflies (Odonata). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 137-149 (regarded dobsoni Fraser, 1951 as a synonym of Gynacantha rosenbergi Brauer, 1987)

Watson, J.A.L. 1977. The distributions of the Australian dragonflies (Odonata): First supplement. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 16: 277-279 (resurrected dobsoni)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	28-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)