Species Podopteryx selysi (Förster, 1899)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Argiolestes selysi Förster, G. 1899. Contributions à la faune odonatologique Indo-Australe. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 43: 63-72 [70].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (Förster & Selys coll.) 2♂, Milne Bay, E New Guinea (as Milnebai, Nouvelle Guinée orientale).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), 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 coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, predator, tree hole.

Extra Ecological Information

Water-filled tree holes in rainforest.

 

General References

Watson, J.A.L. & Dyce, A.L. 1978. The larval habitat of Podopteryx selysi (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17: 361-362

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	22-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)