Biology:Austropetalia tonyana

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Short description: Species of dragonfly

Alpine redspot
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Austropetaliidae
Genus: Austropetalia
Species:
A. tonyana
Binomial name
Austropetalia tonyana
Theischinger, 1995[2]
Austropetalia tonyana distribution map.svg

Austropetalia tonyana is a species of dragonfly of the family Austropetaliidae,[3] commonly known as the alpine redspot.[4] It is endemic to mountain areas of Victoria and New South Wales, Australia, where it inhabits trickles, sphagnum moss swamps and waterfall splash zones.[5] It is a medium-sized dragonfly with brown and yellow markings.[4]

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See also

  • List of Odonata species of Australia

References

  1. Dow, R.A. (2017). "Austropetalia tonyana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T14260333A59256483. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14260333A59256483.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14260333/59256483. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. Theischinger, G. (1995). "A second species of Austropetalia Tillyard from Australia (Odonata: Austropetaliidae)". Linzer Biologische Beiträge 27 (1): 291–295 [292]. http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0027_1_0291-0295.pdf. 
  3. "Species Austropetalia tonyana Theischinger, 1995". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Austropetalia_tonyana. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 114. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6. 
  5. Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. pp. 206. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3. 

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