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Adversaeschna brevistyla

Description

Adversaeschna brevistyla (Rambur, 1842)

Fig. 15

Ris (1910), as larva D, Tillyard (1910a, 1914, 1916a, 1916b, 1917b, 1926), Watson (1962), O’Farrell (1970), Allbrook (1979), Williams (1980), Hawking (1986), Watson & O’Farrell (1991, 1994), Hawking & Theischinger (1999), Theischinger & Hawking (2003), all as Aeshna brevistyla; Theischinger & Hawking (2003, 2006); Theischinger & Endersby (2009); Hawking et al. (2013). Sole species of the genus in Australia.

Notes

Published as part of Theischinger, G. & Endersby, I., 2014, Australian Dragonfly (Odonata) Larvae: Descriptive history and identification, pp. 73-120 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 72 on page 85, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2014.72.06, http://zenodo.org/record/12213169

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Rambur
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Odonata
Family
Aeshnidae
Genus
Adversaeschna
Species
brevistyla
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Adversaeschna brevistyla (Rambur, 1842) sec. Theischinger & Endersby, 2014

References

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  • Tillyard, R. J. 1914. On some problems concerning the development of the wing venation of Odonata. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 163 - 216.
  • Tillyard, R. J. 1916 a. Life-histories and descriptions of Australian Aeschninae: with a description of a new form of Telephlebia by Herbert Campion. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 33: 1 - 83.
  • Tillyard, R. J. 1916 b. A study of the rectal breathing apparatus in the larvae of anisopterid dragonflies. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 33: 127 - 196.
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  • Theischinger, G. and Endersby, I. 2009. Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata. Department of Environment, Climate Change & Water NSW: Sydney.
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