Species Orthetrum boumiera Watson & Arthington, 1978

Museums

Regional Maps

• Orthetrum boumiera Watson, J.A.L. & Arthington, A.H. 1978. A new species of Orthetrum Newman from dune lakes in eastern Australia (Odonata: Libellulidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17: 151-157 [152].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 9867 ♂, Brown Lake, North Stradbroke Island, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lake, lentic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Dune lake.

 

General References

Arthington, A.H. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. Dragonflies (Odonata) of coastal sand-dune fresh waters of south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33: 77-88 (larva keyed, biology)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	31-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)