Species Micromidia atrifrons (McLachlan, 1883)

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• Syncordulia atrifrons McLachlan, R. 1883. Description d'une espèce nouvelle de Corduline du sous-genre Syncordulia. in, Comptes-rendus des séances de la société entomologique de Belge : Assemblée mensuelle du 5 mai 1883. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 27: xc-xci [xc].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Theischinger, G. & Watson, J.A.L. 1978. The Australian Gomphomacromiinae (Odonata: Corduliidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 399-431.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, larva under rocks.

 

General References

Lieftinck, M.A. 1960. Notes on the affinity and nomenclature of some Old World Corduliidae (Odonata). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Wetenschappen Series C. Zool. 64: 410-423 (recognized that the type species of Syncordulia Selys, 1882, Epophthalmia gracilis Burmeister, 1839 long regarded as from Australia, is from South Africa and that atrifrons McLachlan, 1883 is not congeneric with it)

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. 1978. The Australian Gomphomacromiinae (Odonata: Corduliidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 399-431 (distribution)

Theischinger, G. & Watson, J.A.L. 1984. Larvae of Australian Gomphomacromiinae, and their bearing on the status of the Synthemis group of genera (Odonata: Corduliidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 67-95 (larval description)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	04-Apr-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)