Species Nososticta coelestina (Tillyard, 1906)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Alloneura coelestina Tillyard, R.J. 1906. New Australian species of the family Agrionidae (Neuroptera: Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31: 177-194 pl. xvii [19 Mar. 1913] [184].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Redlynch, near 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.

 

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), 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 coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, 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. & Theischinger, G. 1984. The Australian Protoneurinae (Odonata). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 98: 1-51 (distribution, habitat, affinities)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	23-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
18-Jul-2012		18-Jul-2012	MOVED
19-Jul-2012		18-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)