Species Teinobasis rufithorax (Selys, 1877)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Telebasis (Telebasis) rufithorax Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1877. Synopsis des Agrionines, 5me légion: Agrion (suite et fin). Les genres Telebasis, Argiocnemis et Hemiphlebia. Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Academie Royale de Belgique 43: 97-159 [122].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RMNH ♂ ♀ (depository uncertain), Obi Is. (as l'Ile d'Obi (entre Célèbes et la Nouvelle-Guinée)) and Misool Ils (as Myzol).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait Ils, also Talaud Ils, Moluccas, Kei Ils, Aru Ils, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Ils.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
• Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands

Oriental Region

• Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: lotic freshwater, predator, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Billabong, in deep shade, larva unknown.

 

General References

Lieftinck, M.A. 1949. The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands Part VII. Results of the third Archbold Expedition 1938–1939 and of the Le Roux Expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (II. Zygoptera). Nova Guinea n.s. 5: 1-271 (distribution)

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)