Species Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1770)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Libellula sabina Drury, D. 1770. Illustrations of Natural History; wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of exotic insects according to their genera. London : White Vol. 1 30+130 pp. 51 pls. [this work is the subject of Opinion 474, ICZN, and is on the Official List of Works approved as available for Zoological Nomenclature] [114].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH ♂, Guangzhou, Zhong Shan University, China.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watson, J.A.L. 1984. A second Australian species in the Orthetrum sabina complex (Odonata: Libellulidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 23: 1-10.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait Ils, N Africa, Middle East, S and E Asia, Indonesia and New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Papua New Guinea

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, permanent pond, predator, swamp, temporary pond.

 

General References

Lieftinck, M.A. 1962. Insects of Micronesia Odonata. Insects of Micronesia 5(1): 1-95 1 map (larva of Orthetrum sabina viduatum Lieftinck, 1942)

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

Watson, J.A.L. 1984. A second Australian species in the Orthetrum sabina complex (Odonata: Libellulidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 23: 1-10 (taxonomy, distribution)

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 (larva keyed)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	31-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
18-Jul-2012		18-Jul-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)