Species Tramea loewii Kaup, 1866

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tramea loewii Kaup, J.J. in Brauer, F. 1866. Beschreibungen neuer exotischer Libellen. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16: 563-570 [563] [as löwii].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHMW ♂ (by inference of holotype (Endersby 2009)), Ceram.

  Subsequent designation references:

  St Quentin, D. 1970. Katalog der Odonaten-Typen im Natirhistorische Museum Wien. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 74: 253-279; Endersby, I. 2009. Nomenclatural amendments to the current Catalogue of Australian Odonata. Australian Entomologist 36(3): 99-101 [100] (resolved type issues).

  Secondary source:

   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 (re type).
• Tramea loewi tillyardi 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 [528].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH ♂, Redlynch, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lieftinck, M.A. 1962. Insects of Micronesia Odonata. Insects of Micronesia 5(1): 1-95 1 map [91]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cocos (Keeling) Ils.; Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Ils, Aru Ils, Kei Ils, Tanimbar Ils, New Guinea, New Caledonia and W Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau
• New Caledonia
• Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

• Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: nomadic, predator, volant.

Larvae: lake, lentic freshwater, permanent pond, predator, swamp, temporary pond.

 

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		08-Jan-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)