Biology:Telephlebia undia

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Short description: Species of dragonfly

Carnarvon evening darner
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Telephlebiidae
Genus: Telephlebia
Species:
T. undia
Binomial name
Telephlebia undia
Theischinger, 1985[2]
Telephlebia undia distribution map.svg

Telephlebia undia is a species of dragonfly in the family Telephlebiidae,[3] known as the Carnarvon evening darner.[4] It is a medium to large, dark chestnut brown dragonfly with dark markings on the leading edge and base of its wings.[5] It is endemic to the vicinity of Carnarvon National Park in Central Queensland, Australia, where it inhabits streams near waterfalls,[6] and flies at dusk.[5]

Telephlebia undia appears similar to Telephlebia tryoni.[4]

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See also

  • List of Odonata species of Australia

References

  1. Dow, R.A. (2017). "Telephlebia undia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T14260012A59256468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14260012A59256468.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14260012/59256468. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. Theischinger, G. (1985). "A revision of the Australian genus Telephlebia Selys (Odonata: Aeshnidae: Brachytroninae)". Australian Journal of Zoology 33 (2): 245–261 [254]. doi:10.1071/ZO9850245. 
  3. "Species Telephlebia undia Theischinger, 1985". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Telephlebia_undia. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 146. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368. 
  6. Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. pp. 239. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3. http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/publications/09730AustOdonata.pdf. 

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