Species Indolestes alleni (Tillyard, 1913)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Austrolestes alleni Tillyard, R.J. 1913. On some new and rare Australian Agrionidae (Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37(1912): 404-479 pls xliv-xlix [19 Mar 1913] [425].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Cairns, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kimmins, D.E. 1970. A list of the type-specimens of Odonata in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 24: 171-205.
• Austrolestes albicauda tindalei Tillyard, R.J. 1925. Odonata, Neuroptera and Trichoptera from Groote Eylandt, Gulf of Carpentaria. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3: 41-44 [42].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA I20548 ♂, Groote Eylandt, NT.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watson, J.A.L. 1969. Australasian dragonflies described by R.J. Tillyard, with the location of types and the designation of lectotypes. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8: 153-160.

  Secondary source:

   Watson, J.A.L. & Moulds, M.S. 1979. New species of Australian Lestidae (Odonata). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 18: 143-155 [152] (identities of paralectotypes).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Watson, J.A.L. 1969. Australasian dragonflies described by R.J. Tillyard, with the location of types and the designation of lectotypes. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8: 153-160 [159]
• Watson, J.A.L. & Moulds, M.S. 1979. New species of Australian Lestidae (Odonata). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 18: 143-155 [152]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

Swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

Riverine pool, pond, larva unknown.

 

General References

Ris, F. 1913. Odonata von den Aru- und Kei-Inseln gesammelt durch Dr. H. Merton 1908 nebst Übersicht über die von den Aru-Inseln bekannten Odonaten. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 34: 503-536 pl. 23 (called Austrolestes alleni Tillyard, 1913 from Cape York Lestes albicauda McLachlan, 1895)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	21-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)