Species Synlestes tropicus Tillyard, 1917

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• Synlestes tropicus Tillyard, R.J. 1917. On some new dragonflies from Australia and Tasmania (Order Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42: 450-479 pl. xxiii [475].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Kuranda, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

N QLD only

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Streams, rainforest.

 

General References

Fraser, F.C. 1948. The identity of Synlestes weyersii Selys and its confusion with a new species. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle du Belgique 24: 1-8 (taxonomy)

Theischinger, G., Watson, J.A.L. & Rowe, R.J. 1993. Larvae of Australian Synlestidae (Odonata: Zygoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 32: 113-119 [117] (larval description)

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	ODONATA	21-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)