Macromia tillyardi

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Australian cruiser
Australian Cruiser, McLeod River, Desailly QLD 4871, Australia imported from iNaturalist photo 463236054.jpg
Photographed in Desailly, Queensland
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Macromiidae
Genus: Macromia
Species:
M. tillyardi
Binomial name
Macromia tillyardi
Martin, 1906 [2]
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Macromia tillyardi is a species of dragonfly in the family Macromiidae, [3] [4] known as the Australian cruiser. [5] It is a large, black to metallic green dragonfly with bright yellow markings on its abdomen, clear wings and long legs. [5] It is found in northern Australia, [6] where it inhabits streams and pools. [7]

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Taxonomic history

Robin Tillyard collected the type specimen of Macromia tillyardi in 1905 and passed it onto René Martin for publication in his about-to-be-published work on Cordulines, in Collections zoologiques du baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps . [2]

Three females of this magnificent insect were taken by me at Kuranda, N.Q., in January, 1905. As M. René Martin is about to issue his work on the Corduliinae, it seems fitting that the record and description of so fine a species should appear in his new work. I have therefore sent him my description of the insect together with the type-specimen. It will be sufficient in this paper to give a short description only, so that the insect may be recognised by Australian collectors (Tillyard, 1906) [8]

Tillyard wrote his description and published it in November 1906, [8] several months before Martin's work was published on 17 January 1907. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Dow, R.A. (2017). "Macromia tillyardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T87535424A87540064. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T87535424A87540064.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Martin, R (1907). "Cordulines". Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps (in French). Vol. 17. Brussels: Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. pp. 1–94 [72].
  3. ↑ "Species Macromia tillyardi Martin, 1906". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  5. 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 224. ISBN   978-0-64309-073-6.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 224. ISBN   978-1-74232-475-3.
  8. 1 2 Tillyard, R.J. (1906). "New Australian species of the family Libellulidae. (Neuroptera: Odonata)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 31: 480–492 [491] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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