Species Tramea eurybia Selys, 1878

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• Tramea eurybia Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1878. Odonates de la région de la Nouvelle Guinée. Mittheilungen aus dem K. Zoologischen Museum zu Dresden 3: 289-323 [298].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Menado, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

  Secondary source:

   Watson, J.A.L. 1967. An analysis of Trapezostigma eurybia (Selys, 1878) and related Indo-Australian species (Odonata, Libellulidae). Nova Guinea (Zoologie) 36: 377-400 (re type).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Andaman Ils, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea and Fiji.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
• Fiji
• Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

• Andaman Islands
• Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: nomadic, predator, volant.

Larvae: lentic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Dune lakes in Australia, other lentic freshwaters elsewhere.

 

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 (habitat)

Lieftinck, M.A. 1942. The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands Part VI. Results of the third Archbold Expedition 1938–'39 and of the Le Roux Expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (I. Anisoptera). Treubia 18: 441-608 pls 23-41

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

Watson, J.A.L. 1967. An analysis of Trapezostigma eurybia (Selys, 1878) and related Indo-Australian species (Odonata, Libellulidae). Nova Guinea (Zoologie) 36: 377-400 (distribution)

 

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)