- Rhyothemis resplendens Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1878. Odonates de la région de la Nouvelle Guinée. Mittheilungen aus dem K. Zoologischen Museum zu Dresden 3: 289-323 [300].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RIB Selys coll. ♂ ♀, NW New Guinea (as Nouvelle Guinée à Doré), Salawati; whereabouts unknown (whereabouts of remaining syntypes not traced), NW New Guinea (as Nouvelle Guinée à Doré), Salawati
Comment: unnamed varieties from Cape York (as Cap York (Australie septentrionale)) and Batjan (as Ile Batchian). - Rhyothemis turneri Kirby, W.F. 1894. On a small collection of Odonata (dragonflies) from Queensland, with descriptions of five new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 14: 15-21 [17].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Mackay, QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Kimmins, D.E. 1969. A list of the type-specimens of Libellulidae and Corduliidae (Odonata) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 22: 277-305.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Ris, F. 1900. Libellen vom Bismarck-Archipel gesammelt durch Prof. Friedr. Dahl. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 1: 175-204 pls ix-x [178]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Moluccas, New Guinea and Bismarck Achipelago.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Papua New Guinea
Oriental Region
- Indonesia
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Riverine*.
General References
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2022 | ODONATA | 31-Mar-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 19-Jul-2012 | 19-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |