Species Orthetrum balteatum Lieftinck, 1933

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• Orthetrum balteatum Lieftinck, M.A. 1933. The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands Part II. Descriptions of a new genus and species of Platycneminae (Agrionidae) and of new Libellulidae. Nova Guinea (Zoologie) 1: 1-66 [63].

  Type data:

   Lectotype RMNH ♂, Jayapura, W Irian (as N New Guinea, Humboldt Bay area, Hollandia).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Lieftinck, M.A. 1971. A catalogue of the type-specimens of Odonata preserved in the Netherlands with a supplementary list of the Odonata types described by Dutch scientists deposited in foreign institutional collections. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 114: 65-139 pls 1-7.

 

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), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), 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
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Stream, riverine, 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	31-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)