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The '''alpine darner''', '''''Austroaeschna flavomaculata''''', is a [[species]] of [[dragonfly]] in the family [[Telephlebiidae]],<ref name="AFD species">{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Austroaeschna_(Austroaeschna)_flavomaculata|title=Species ''Austroaeschna (Austroaeschna) flavomaculata'' Tillyard, 1916|date=2012|website=[[Australian Faunal Directory]]|publisher=[[Australian Biological Resources Study]]|access-date=25 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="Field Guide"/> that is known to be present in the mountainous regions of [[New South Wales]] and [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[Australia]].<ref>http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_499.htm</ref> Although the male was [[alpha taxonomy|first described]] in 1916, the female and larvae were not described until 1982.<ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1071/AJZS087|title=A revision of the Australian genera ''Austroaeschna'' Selys and ''Notoaeschna'' Tillyard (Odonata : Aeshnidae : Brachytroninae)|year=1982|last1=Theischinger|first1=G.|journal=Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series|volume=30|issue=87|pages=1–67 }}</ref> |
The '''alpine darner''', '''''Austroaeschna flavomaculata''''', is a [[species]] of [[dragonfly]] in the family [[Telephlebiidae]],<ref name="AFD species">{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Austroaeschna_(Austroaeschna)_flavomaculata|title=Species ''Austroaeschna (Austroaeschna) flavomaculata'' Tillyard, 1916|date=2012|website=[[Australian Faunal Directory]]|publisher=[[Australian Biological Resources Study]]|access-date=25 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="Field Guide"/> that is known to be present in the mountainous regions of [[New South Wales]] and [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[Australia]].<ref>http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_499.htm</ref> Although the male was [[alpha taxonomy|first described]] in 1916, the female and larvae were not described until 1982.<ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1071/AJZS087|title=A revision of the Australian genera ''Austroaeschna'' Selys and ''Notoaeschna'' Tillyard (Odonata : Aeshnidae : Brachytroninae)|year=1982|last1=Theischinger|first1=G.|journal=Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series|volume=30|issue=87|pages=1–67 }}</ref> |
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''Austroaeschna flavomaculata'' is a very dark dragonfly with pale markings. It appears similar to the multi-spotted darner, ''[[Austroaeschna multipunctata]]'', which is found in small mountain streams in south-eastern Australia.<ref name="Field Guide">{{Cite book|title=The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia| |
''Austroaeschna flavomaculata'' is a very dark dragonfly with pale markings. It appears similar to the multi-spotted darner, ''[[Austroaeschna multipunctata]]'', which is found in small mountain streams in south-eastern Australia.<ref name="Field Guide">{{Cite book|title=The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia|last1=Theischinger|first1=Günther|last2=Hawking|first2=John|publisher=CSIRO Publishing|year=2006|isbn=978-0-64309-073-6|location=Collingwood, Victoria, Australia|pages=122}}</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Aeshnidae |
| Genus: | Austroaeschna |
| Species: | A. flavomaculata
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The alpine darner, Austroaeschna flavomaculata, is a species of dragonfly in the family Telephlebiidae,[3][4] that is known to be present in the mountainous regions of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia.[5] Although the male was first described in 1916, the female and larvae were not described until 1982.[6]
Austroaeschna flavomaculata is a very dark dragonfly with pale markings. It appears similar to the multi-spotted darner, Austroaeschna multipunctata, which is found in small mountain streams in south-eastern Australia.[4]
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Austroaeschna flavomaculata.
- ^ Dow, R.A. (2017). "Austroaeschna flavomaculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14255728A59256358. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T14255728A59256358.en.
- ^ Tillyard, R.J. (1916). "Life-histories and descriptions of Australian Aeschninae, with a description of a new form of Telephlebia by Herbert Campion". Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 33: 1–83 [47]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00253.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Species Austroaeschna (Austroaeschna) flavomaculata Tillyard, 1916". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ a b Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
- ^ http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_499.htm
- ^ Theischinger, G. (1982). "A revision of the Australian genera Austroaeschna Selys and Notoaeschna Tillyard (Odonata : Aeshnidae : Brachytroninae)". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series. 30 (87): 1–67. doi:10.1071/AJZS087.