Summit Mystic | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Genus: | Austrophya |
Species: | A. monteithorum |
Binomial name | |
Austrophya monteithorum Theischinger, 2019 [2] | |
![]() |
Austrophya monteithorum is a species of dragonfly in the superfamily Libelluloidea , [3] [4] known as the summit mystic. [5] It is probably a small dragonfly, adults have not been seen. [5] It is known only from larva found at the summit plateau of Thornton Peak, north-west of Cairns in tropical Queensland, Australia. [2]
Austrophya monteithorum is named after Geoff and Sybil Monteith of the Queensland Museum who collected the type material in an expedition to Thornton Peak in 1984. [2]