Austroaeschna

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Aeshnoidea

Familia: Aeshnidae
Subfamilia: Brachytroninae
Tribus: Brachytronini
Genus: Austroaeschna
Species: A. anacantha – A. atrata – A. christine – A. cooloola – A. eungella – A. flavomaculata – A. forcipata – A. hardyi – A. inermis – A. muelleri – A. multipunctata – A. obscura – A. parvistigma – A. pulchra – A. sigma – A. speciosa – A. subapicalis – A. tasmanica – A. unicornis – A. weiskei
Name
Austroaeschna Selys, 1883

Austroaeschna is a genus of dragonflies in the diverse family Telephlebiidae.[2]

Species of Austroaeschna are brown to black large dragonflies with dull or brightly coloured markings.[3] One species is found in south-western Australia, while other species of Austroaeschna are indigenous to eastern Australia.
Species

The genus Austroaeschna includes the following species:[4]

Austroaeschna anacantha Tillyard, 1908 – western darner
Austroaeschna atrata Martin, 1909 – mountain darner
Austroaeschna christine Theischinger, 1993 – S-spot darner
Austroaeschna cooloola Theischinger, 1991 – wallum darner
Austroaeschna eungella Theischinger, 1993 – eungella darner
Austroaeschna flavomaculata Tillyard, 1916 – alpine darner
Austroaeschna hardyi Tillyard, 1917 – lesser Tasmanian darner
Austroaeschna inermis Martin, 1901 – whitewater darner
Austroaeschna ingrid Theischinger, 2008 - Grampians darner
Austroaeschna muelleri Theischinger, 1982 – Carnarvon darner
Austroaeschna multipunctata (Martin, 1901) – multi-Spotted darner
Austroaeschna obscura Theischinger, 1982 – Sydney mountain darner
Austroaeschna parvistigma Selys, 1883 – swamp darner
Austroaeschna pinheyi Theischinger, 2001 – inland darner
Austroaeschna pulchra Tillyard in Martin, 1909 – forest darner
Austroaeschna sigma Theischinger, 1982 – sigma darner
Austroaeschna speciosa Sjöstedt, 1917 – tropical unicorn darner
Austroaeschna subapicalis Theischinger, 1982 – conehead darner
Austroaeschna tasmanica Tillyard, 1916 – Tasmanian darner
Austroaeschna unicornis (Martin, 1901) – unicorn darner

References
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Selys-Longchamps, Edmond (1883). "Synopsis des Aeschnines. Première partie: Classification". Bulletin de la Classe des Science, Académie Royale de Belgique. 3 (in French). 5: 712–748 [732] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
"Genus: Austroaeschna Selys, 1883". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.