Macromia viridescens Tillyard, 1911

Theischinger, G. & Endersby, I., 2014, Australian Dragonfly (Odonata) Larvae: Descriptive history and identification, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 72, pp. 73-120 : 95

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

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scientific name

Macromia viridescens Tillyard, 1911
status

 

Macromia viridescens Tillyard, 1911 View in CoL

Theischinger (2001a); Theischinger & Hawking (2006); Theischinger & Endersby (2009).

*Genus Macromia Rambur, 1842

Identifications are reliable based on morphology (Theischinger 2001). It seems clear that M. viridescens is restricted to Cape York peninsula but existence there of M. tillyardi cannot be excluded.

Theischinger, G. 2001 a. Preliminary keys for the identification of larvae of the Australian Synthemistidae, Gomphomacromiidae, Pseudocorduliidae, Macromiidae and Austrocorduliidae (Odonata). Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology: Thurgoona (NSW) 8.

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Corduliidae

Genus

Macromia