Species Nososticta pilbara Watson, 1969

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• Nososticta solida pilbara Watson, J.A.L. 1969. Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeography of dragonflies (Odonata) from the north-west of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 65-112 [80] [raised to species rank in Watson, J.A.L. 1974. The distributions of the Australian dragonflies (Odonata). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 137–149 (139)].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 69–761 ♂, Millstream Spring, Millstream Station, WA.

  Secondary source:

   Watson, J.A.L. 1974. The distributions of the Australian dragonflies (Odonata). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 137-149.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Dampierland (DL), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, permanent river pools.

 

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)