Petalura hesperia Watson, 1958

Theischinger, G. & Endersby, I., 2014, Australian Dragonfly (Odonata) Larvae: Descriptive history and identification, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 72, pp. 73-120 : 88

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https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2014.72.06

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12213370

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scientific name

Petalura hesperia Watson, 1958
status

 

Petalura hesperia Watson, 1958 View in CoL

Fig. 24 View Figs 13-24

Watson (1958, 1962); Williams (1980); Watson & O’Farrell (1991); Watson et al. (1991); Theischinger (2002); Theischinger & Hawking (2003, 2006); Theischinger & Endersby (2009).

Theischinger, G. and Hawking, J. H. 2003. Dragonflies of Victoria. An Identification guide to adult and larval dragonflies (Odonata). Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology: Thurgoona (NSW).

Theischinger, G. and Hawking, J. H. 2006. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

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

Watson, J. A. L. 1958. A new species of Petalura Leach (Odonata) from Western Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society London (B) 27: 116 - 120.

Watson, J. A. L. 1962. The Dragonflies (Odonata) of South-western Australia. A Guide to the Identification, Ecology, Distribution and Affinituies of Larvae and Adults. Handbook No. 7. Western Australian Naturalist's Club: Perth.

Watson, J. A. L. and O'Farrell, A. F. 1991. Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). In CSIRO (eds). The Insects of Australia. pp. 294 - 310. 2 nd edition. Melbourne University Press: Melbourne.

Williams, W. D. 1980. Australian Freshwater Life. 2 nd Ed. MacMillan: Melbourne.

Gallery Image

Figs 13-24. Final instar larvae/exuviae of Australian Anisoptera: (13, 14) Austropetaliidae: (13) Archipetalia auriculata; (14) Austropetalia patricia; (15-23) Aeshnidae: (15) Adversaeschna brevistyla; (16) Anax gibbosulus; (17) Austrogynacantha heterogena; (18) Dendroaeschna conspersa; (19) Acanthaeschna victoria; (20) Austroaeschna (Pulchaeschna) muelleri; (21) Austrophlebia costalis; (22) Spinaeschna tripunctata; (23) Telephlebia brevicauda; 24) Petalura hesperia (Petaluridae).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Petaluridae

Genus

Petalura