Species Orthetrum villosovittatum (Brauer, 1868)
Fiery Skimmer
- Libellula villosovittata Brauer, F. 1868. Neue und wenig bekannte vom Herrn Doct. Semper gesammelte Odonaten. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 18: 167-188 [167].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂♀, Cape York, QLD (as Cap York, N. Austral.) male, Ambon (as Amboina) female.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Moluccas, Kei Ils, Aru Ils and New Guinea.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: 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), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- Papua New Guinea
Oriental Region
- Indonesia
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, volant.
Larvae: lake, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, permanent pond, predator, swamp.
Extra Ecological Information
Stream.
General 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 (larva keyed)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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10-May-2022 | ODONATA | 31-Mar-2022 | MODIFIED | |
18-Jul-2012 | 18-Jul-2012 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |