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Austroaeschna flavomaculata
Male
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A. flavomaculata
Binomial name
Austroaeschna flavomaculata
Tillyard, 1916 [1]

The alpine darner (Austroaeschna flavomaculata) is a species of dragonfly in the family Telephlebiidae[1] that is known to be present in the mountainous regions of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia.[2] Although the male was first described in 1916, the female and larvae were not described until 1982.[3]

References

Front view of a male.
  1. ^ a b "Species Austroaeschna flavomaculata Tillyard, 1916". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_499.htm
  3. ^ 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): 1–0. doi:10.1071/AJZS087.