Austrophlebia costalis

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Southern giant darner
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Austrophlebia
Species:
A. costalis
Binomial name
Austrophlebia costalis
(Tillyard, 1907) [2]
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Austrophlebia costalis, the southern giant darner, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae [3] endemic to eastern Australia. [1]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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 . 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] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ "Species Austrophlebia costalis (Tillyard, 1907)". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  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   0-643-05136-8.
  5. ↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 136. ISBN   978-0-64309-073-6.
  6. ↑ Tillyard, Robert John (1917). The Biology of Dragonflies (PDF). pp. 322–323. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2010. I doubt if any greater speed than this occurs amongst Odonata
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