Species Pentathemis membranulata Karsch, 1890

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• Pentathemis membranulata Karsch, F. 1890. Pentathemis membranulata, eine neue australische Libellulide mit fünfseitiger cellula cardinalis. Entomologische Nachrichten. Dresden 16: 33-35 [34].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB ♀, Somerset, Cape York (as Torres-Strasse, Somerset), QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Watson, J.A.L. 1969. The structure and affinities of Pentathemis membranulata Karsch (Odonata: Corduliidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 38: 83-88.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), 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 Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine.

 

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. 1969. The structure and affinities of Pentathemis membranulata Karsch (Odonata: Corduliidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 38: 83-88

Watson, J.A.L. 1973. Odonata (Dragonflies). Appendix 3 pp. 1–7 fig. 1 tables 1–4 in, Alligator Rivers Region Environmental Fact-Finding Study: Entomology. Canberra : CSIRO, Division of Entomology. (habitats)

Watson, J.A.L. & Abbey, H.M. 1980. Dragonflies (Odonata) from the Northern Territory. A provisional synopsis, with a key to adults, notes on the biology and distribution of species, and a section dealing with species known from the Alligator Rivers uranium province. CSIRO Aust. Div. Entomol. Rep. No. 21 44 pp. (key to adult, habitats)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	30-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)