Anax papuensis (Burmeister, 1839)

Theischinger, G. & Endersby, I., 2014, Australian Dragonfly (Odonata) Larvae: Descriptive history and identification, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 72, pp. 73-120 : 85

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scientific name

Anax papuensis (Burmeister, 1839)
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Anax papuensis (Burmeister, 1839) View in CoL

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Tillyard (1916a, 1916b, 1917b, 1932); Calvert (1934); Watson (1962, 1968); Allbrook (1979); Hawking (1986, 1993, 1995), Hawking & Smith (1997); Ingram et al. (1997); Hawking & Theischinger (1999); Gooderham & Tsyrlin (2002), as Aeshna brevistyla ; Theischinger (2002); Theischinger & Hawking (2003, 2006); Theischinger & Endersby (2009); Hawking et al. (2013). Up to 2006 most generally referred to as Hemianax papuensis .

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Theischinger, G. and Endersby, I. 2009. Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata. Department of Environment, Climate Change & Water NSW: Sydney.

Tillyard, R. J. 1916 a. Life-histories and descriptions of Australian Aeschninae: with a description of a new form of Telephlebia by Herbert Campion. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 33: 1 - 83.

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Gallery Image

Figs 82-94. Larvae of Australian Odonata: (82) Synlestes weyersii (Synlestidae); (83) Griseargiolestes intermedius (Argiolestidae); (84) Xanthagrion erythroneurum (Coenagrionidae); (85, 86) Aeshnidae: (85) Anax papuensis; (86) Notoaeschna sagittata; (87- 90) Gomphidae: (87) Ictinogiomphus australis; (88) Antipodogomphus acolythus; (89) Austroepigomphus (Xerogomphus) turneri; (90) Hemigomphus heteroclytus; (91) Eusynthemis virgula (Synthemistidae); (92, 93) Libellulidae: (92) Nannophya dalei; (93) Orthetrum caledonicum; (94) Pseudocordulia sp. (Libelluloidea genera incertae sedis).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Aeshnidae

Genus

Anax