Species Austrogomphus (Austrogomphus) cornutus Watson, 1991
Unicorn Hunter
- Austrogomphus (Austrogomphus) cornutus Watson, J.A.L. 1991. The Australian Gomphidae (Odonata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 289-441 [384].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC 9856 ♂, Namoi River, Narrabri, 30°20'S 149°47'E, NSW.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, volant.
Larvae: lotic freshwater, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Primarily a stream dweller; not extending into sluggish, mature inland waterways.
General References
Hawking, J.H. & New, T.R. 1996. The development of dragonfly larvae (Odonata: Anisoptera) from two streams in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. Hydrobiologia 317: 13-30 (phenology)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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10-May-2022 | ODONATA | 28-Mar-2022 | MODIFIED | |
19-Jul-2012 | 19-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |