Austroaeschna facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Austroaeschna |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Telephlebiidae |
| Genus: | Austroaeschna Selys, 1883 |
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Austroaeschna is a genus of dragonflies in the diverse family Telephlebiidae.
Species of Austroaeschna are brown to black large dragonflies with dull or brightly coloured markings. One species is found in south-western Australia, while other species of Austroaeschna are indigenous to eastern Australia.
Species
The genus Austroaeschna includes the following species:
- Austroaeschna anacantha Tillyard, 1908 – western darner
- Austroaeschna atrata Martin, 1909 – mountain darner
- Austroaeschna christine Theischinger, 1993 – S-spot darner
- Austroaeschna cooloola Theischinger, 1991 – wallum darner
- Austroaeschna eungella Theischinger, 1993 – eungella darner
- Austroaeschna flavomaculata Tillyard, 1916 – alpine darner
- Austroaeschna hardyi Tillyard, 1917 – lesser Tasmanian darner
- Austroaeschna inermis Martin, 1901 – whitewater darner
- Austroaeschna ingrid Theischinger, 2008 - Grampians darner
- Austroaeschna muelleri Theischinger, 1982 – Carnarvon darner
- Austroaeschna multipunctata (Martin, 1901) – multi-Spotted darner
- Austroaeschna obscura Theischinger, 1982 – Sydney mountain darner
- Austroaeschna parvistigma Selys, 1883 – swamp darner
- Austroaeschna pinheyi Theischinger, 2001 – inland darner
- Austroaeschna pulchra Tillyard in Martin, 1909 – forest darner
- Austroaeschna sigma Theischinger, 1982 – sigma darner
- Austroaeschna speciosa Sjöstedt, 1917 – tropical unicorn darner
- Austroaeschna subapicalis Theischinger, 1982 – conehead darner
- Austroaeschna tasmanica Tillyard, 1916 – Tasmanian darner
- Austroaeschna unicornis (Martin, 1901) – unicorn darner
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