Biology:Austrophlebia costalis

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Short description: Species of dragonfly

Southern giant darner
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Male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Telephlebiidae
Genus: Austrophlebia
Species:
A. costalis
Binomial name
Austrophlebia costalis
(Tillyard, 1907)[2]
Austrophlebia costalis distribution map.svg

Austrophlebia costalis, the southern giant darner, is a species of dragonfly in the family Telephlebiidae[3] endemic to eastern Australia.[1]

Austrophlebia costalis is an enormous dark dragonfly with strong yellow markings on its body and a brown band along the leading edge of its wings.[4] It inhabits streams and may be found on logs in shady areas.[5]

This species is believed to be one of the fastest flying odonates, with an old reference claiming to have clocked one at nearly 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) but no modern confirmation.[6]

Gallery

  • Male from below

  • Male head

  • Female wings

  • Male wings

See also

  • List of Odonata species of Australia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dow, R.A. (2017). "Austrophlebia costalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T163523A14258000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T163523A14258000.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163523/14258000. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ Tillyard, R.J. (1907). "New Australian species of the family Aeschnidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31: 722–730 [724]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39342977. 
  3. ↑ "Species Austrophlebia costalis (Tillyard, 1907)". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Austrophlebia_costalis. 
  4. ↑ 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. 
  5. ↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 136. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6. 
  6. ↑ Tillyard, Robert John (1917). The Biology of Dragonflies. pp. 322–323. http://medusa.jcu.edu.au/odonata_digital_literature/Tillyard/tillyard_1917_book_searchable.pdf. Retrieved 15 December 2010. "I doubt if any greater speed than this occurs amongst Odonata" 

Wikidata ☰ Q1856266 entry



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