Genus Tramea Hagen, 1861

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tramea Hagen, H.A. 1861. Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America with a List of the South American Species. Washington : Smithsonian Institution xx 347 pp. [143].

  Type species:

   Libellula carolina Linnaeus & Johansson, 1763 by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. 1889. A revision of the subfamily Libellulinae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 12: 249-348 pls 51-57.
• Trapezostigma Hagen, H.A. 1849. Uebersicht die neueren Literatur betreffend die Neuropteren Linn. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 10: 55-61, 66-74, 141-156, 167-177 [174].

  Type species:

   Libellula carolina Linnaeus & Johansson, 1763 by subsequent designation, see Cowley, J. 1935. Nomenclature of Odonata: three generic names of Hagen. The Entomologist 68: 283-284.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cowley, J. 1935. Nomenclature of Odonata: three generic names of Hagen. The Entomologist 68: 283-284 [284]

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Circumtropical and circumtemperate.

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), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), 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), Esperance Plains (ESP), 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), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), 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, SW coastal, W plateau
• Fiji
• New Caledonia
• Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

• Andaman Islands
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya

Distribution References

General References

Endersby, I. 2009. Nomenclatural amendments to the current Catalogue of Australian Odonata. Australian Entomologist 36(3): 99-101 (summary of current status of names)

Gloyd, L.K. 1972. Tramea, Trapezostigma, and time (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). A nomenclatural problem. Odonatologica 1(3): 131-136 (appeal to preserve the name Tramea)

ICZN 2006. Opinion 2158. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 63(3): 209-210 (name conserved)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
19-Jul-2012		19-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)