Species Petalura hesperia Watson, 1958

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• Petalura hesperia Watson, J.A.L. 1958. A new species of Petalura Leach (Odonata) from Western Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 27: 116-120 [116].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 1958-3 ♂, 1 3/4 miles southwest of Karragullen and 13 1/2 miles southeast of Perth (Grid reference 102294 Kelmscott 1 mile per inch map), WA.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, predator, swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

Seepages along stream margins, larva builds burrows in mud.

 

General References

Barrett, M.D. & Williams, M.R. 1998. Distribution of the western Petalura dragonfly Petalura hesperia Watson in Western Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology 4(2): 149-154 (relictual distribution)

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

Watson, J.A.L. 1962. The Dragonflies (Odonata) of South-Western Australia. A guide to the identification, ecology, distribution and affinities of larvae and adults. Handbook No. 7. Perth : Western Australian Naturalists' Club 72 pp. (larva, ecology)

Watson, J.A.L. 1965. Petalurids: most primitive living dragonflies. Animals 6: 128-131 (photographs of adult, larva, larval exuviae, habitat, burrow)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	28-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)