Blue-spotted Hawker at Mogo, NSW
Identification history
| Adversaeschna brevistyla | 28 May 2019 | jb2602 | ||
| Hemianax papuensis | 28 May 2019 | jb2602 | ||
| Anax papuensis | 2 Mar 2019 | jb2602 |
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User's notes
Hemianax or Anax: John - the species was first described as Aeschna papuensis by Burmister in 1839, and as Anax congener by Rambur in 1842. Not sure when or by whom it was put under Hemianax (possibly Gunther Theischinger but I'm only guessing), but the current accepted name in the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), the Australian Faunal Directory (AFD), and the World Odonata List (WOL) is Anax papuensis.
Cheers, Harvey
1 comment
CBrandis
wrote:
24 Apr 2019
John, you have 2 species here, Blue-spotted Hawker with the side stripes, 2 & 3, and Australian Emperor with the yellow tail spot and green top of eyes. Split them as 2 sightings. Yes GT has it as Hemianax Cheers Chris.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.164863-35.757529
- Places Mogo, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 26 Feb 2019 01:06 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Insects Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) jb2602
Species information
- Adversaeschna brevistyla Scientific name
- Blue-spotted Hawker Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1160m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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