Species Pseudagrion cingillum (Brauer, 1869)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Agrion cingillum Brauer, F. 1869. Beschreibung neuer Neuropteren aus dem Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 19: 9-18 [11].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMH 4542 ♂, Rockhampton, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Lieftinck, M.A. 1959. Synonymic notes on Brauer's types of Odonata in the Hamburg Museum. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg 21: 41-48 l pl.
• Pseudagrion papuense Tillyard, R.J. 1926. On a collection of Papuan dragonflies (Odonata) made by the late Mr. Allan R. McCulloch in 1922–3, with descriptions of new species. Records of the Australian Museum 15: 157-166 [159].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K52315 ♂, Lake Murray, Papua.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lieftinck, M.A. 1959. Synonymic notes on Brauer's types of Odonata in the Hamburg Museum. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg 21: 41-48 l pl. [44]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, permanent pond, predator, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, riverine lagoons, larva unknown.

 

General References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	23-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)