Species Petalura gigantea Leach, 1815

Museums

Regional Maps

• Petalura gigantea Leach, W.E. 1815. The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new, or interesting animals. Illustrated by R.P. Nodder. London : Nodder & Son Vol. 2 154 pp. pls 61-120. [96] [Leach, 1815 states that his material was 'preserved in the British Museum'; Kimmins, D.E. 1969. A list of the type-specimens of Odonata in the British Museum (Natural History) Part II. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 23: 287–314 does not list it].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ?♀ not found, Australia (as New Holland).

  Secondary source:

   Kimmins, D.E. 1969. A list of the type-specimens of Odonata in the British Museum (Natural History) Part II. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 23: 287-314.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, predator, swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva forms burrows in mud.

 

General References

Arthington, A.H. & Watson, J.A.L. 1982. Dragonflies (Odonata) of coastal sand-dune fresh waters of south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33: 77-88 (distribution, habitat)

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

Tillyard, R.J. 1909. Studies in the life-histories of Australian Odonata. i. The life-history of Petalura gigantea Leach. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 256-267 pl. xxiv

Tillyard, R.J. 1911. Studies in the life-histories of Australian Odonata. No. 4. Further notes on the life-history of Petalura gigantea Leach. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36: 86-96 pl. vii

Watson, T. 1982. Dragonflies in Australia. Hemisphere 27: 124-128 (photograph of adult)

 

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)