Petalura gigantea Leach, 1815

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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scientific name

Petalura gigantea Leach, 1815
status

 

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Tillyard (1909a, 1910a, 1911a, 1917b, 1926), Schmidt (1941); Watson (1958), incorrect; Williams (1980); Hawking & Theischinger (1999); Gooderham & Tsyrlin (2002); Theischinger (2002); Theischinger & Hawking (2006); Theischinger & Endersby (2009).

Gooderham, J. and Tsyrlin, E. 2002. The Waterbug Book. A Guide to the Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Temperate Australia. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

Hawking, J. and Theischinger, G. 1999. Dragonfly Larvae (Odonata): A guide to the identification of larvae of Australian families and to the identification and ecology of larvae from New South Wales. Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, Thurgoona (NSW) and Australian Water Technologies Pty Ltd, West Ryde (NSW).

Schmidt, E. 1941. Petaluridae, Gomphidae and Petaliidae der Schonemannnschen Sammlungen aus Chile (Ordnung Odonata). Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, N. F. 10: 231 - 258.

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.

Tillyard, R. J. 1909 a. Studies in the life-histories of Australian Odonata. Part i. The life-history of Petalura gigantea Leach. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 256 - 267.

Tillyard, R. J. 1910 a. Studies in the life-histories of Australian Odonata. No. 3. Notes on a new species of Phyllopetalia, with description of nymph and imago. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 697 - 708.

Tillyard, R. J. 1911 a. Studies in the life-histories of Australian Odonata. No. 4. Further notes on the life-history of Petalura gigantea Leach. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36: 86 - 96.

Tillyard, R. J. 1917 b. The Biology of Dragonflies (Odonata or Paraneuroptera). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.

Tillyard, R. J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Odonata pp. 65 - 86. Angus & Robertson: 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.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Petaluridae

Genus

Petalura