Species Hemiphlebia mirabilis Selys, 1869

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• Hemiphlebia mirabilis Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1869. Diagnose d'un nouveau genre d'Agrionine. pp. lxxii–lxxiii [lxxii] in, Comptes-rendus des séances de la société entomologique de Belgique: Assemblée mensuelle du 7 mars 1868. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 11: lxxi-lxxiv [lxxiii].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RIB ♂ ♀ 20+ specimens (depository uncertain), Port Denison, QLD, probably in error as the species is known only from VIC.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator.

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

General References

Davies, D.A.L. 1985. Hemiphlebia mirabilis Selys: some notes on distribution and conservation status (Zygoptera: Hemiphlebiidae). Odonatologica 14: 331-339

Endersby, I.D. 1993. A new locality record for Hemiphlebia mirabilis (Selys) (Zygoptera: Hemiphlebiidae). Notulae Odonatologicae 4: 31-32 (distribution)

Fraser, F.C. 1955. A study of Hemiphlebia mirabilis Selys (Odonata), a survival from the Permian. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 91: 110-113 (taxonomy)

New, T.R. 1993. Hemiphlebia mirabilis Selys: Recovery from habitat destruction at Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia, and implications for conservation management (Zygoptera: Hemiphlebiidae). Odonatologica 22(4): 495-502 (conservation)

Trueman, J.W.H. 1999. The enigmatic Australian endemic species Hemiphlebia mirabilis Selys (Zygoptera: Hemiphlebioidea): four short observations and a new record. International Journal of Odonatology 2(1): 115-121 (sperm morphology, karyotype, phylogenetic status)

Trueman, J.W.H., Hoye, G.A., Hawking, J.H., Watson, J.A.L. & New, T.R. 1992. Hemiphlebia mirabilis Selys: New localities in Australia and perspectives on conservation (Zygoptera: Hemiphlebiidae). Odonatologica 21(3): 367-374 (distribution, conservation)

Common Name References

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

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