Species Nannophya fenshami Theischinger, 2020

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• Nannophya fenshami Theischinger, G. 2020. Nannophya fenshami sp. nov., a tiny dragonfly from an artesian spring wetland inQueensland, Australia (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). International Dragonfly Fund - Report 149: 1-10.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K.570443 ♂, Australia, Queensland, Edgbaston Private Nature Reserve [22°43’S, 145°25’E].
  Paratype(s) AM K.393440 - K.393443 4 ♂, same data as Holotype; AM K.393444 - K.383445 2 ♀, same data as Holotype.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Collected from near Aramac, Barcaldine region, QLD

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Desert Uplands (DEU), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Occurs in artesian spring wetlands dominated by low matforming species such as Cyperus laevigatus and Eriocaulon carsonii and tussocks up to 1m high, including Sporobolus pamelae and Schoenus falcatus.

 

General References

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

Theischinger, G. & Endersby, I. 2014. Australian Dragonfly (Odonata) Larvae: Descriptive history and identification. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 72: 73–120 [99] (as Nannophya sp., Fig. 61)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	31-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
	Nannophya Rambur, 1842	21-Jul-2020	ADDED