Tasmanian darner

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Tasmanian darner
Tasmanian Darner, Austroaeschna tasmanica, female.jpg
Female laying her eggs
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Male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Telephlebiidae
Genus: Austroaeschna
Species:
A. tasmanica
Binomial name
Austroaeschna tasmanica
Tillyard, 1916 [2] [3]
Austroaeschna tasmanica distribution map.svg

The Tasmanian darner, (Austroaeschna tasmanica), is a species of large dragonfly in the family Telephlebiidae, [2] [4] which includes some of the world's largest dragonflies. It is found in Tasmania, Australia. [5] The species was first described by Robert Tillyard in 1916 and inhabits streams and rivers. [4]

Also referred to as "hawkers", the name "darner" derives from the fact that the female abdomen looks like a sewing needle, as it cuts into a plant stem when the female dragonfly lays her eggs through her ovipositor.

The Tasmanian darner is a stout, dark dragonfly with a very dark colouring and light markings. It appears similar to the lesser Tasmanian darner, Austroaeschna hardyi . [4]

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References

  1. Dow, R.A. (2017). "Austroaeschna tasmanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T14255899A59256413. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14255899A59256413.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Species Austroaeschna (Austroaeschna) tasmanica Tillyard, 1916". Australian Faunal Directory . Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  3. Tillyard, R.J. (1916). "Life-histories and descriptions of Australian Aeschninae, with a description of a new form of Telephlebia by Herbert Campion". Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 33: 1–83 [49]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00253.x via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. 1 2 3 Theischinger G, Hawking J (2006). The Complete Field Guide To Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN   978-0-643-09073-6.
  5. "2. Austroaeschna tasmanica Tillyard".