Austroargiolestes calcaris
Powdered Flatwing at Cotter River, ACT
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| Austroargiolestes calcaris | HarveyPerkins | 17 Aug 2021 | |
| Austroargiolestes icteromelas | TimotheeBonnet | 7 Mar 2021 |
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User's notes
Not sure about id. Appendage drawings in the Theischinger and Hawking guide make me think maybe Austroargiolestes calcaris, but general appearance more like Austroargiolestes icteromelas. I would appreciate some tips to tell apart males of the two species.
2 comments
17 Aug 2021
A mature male A. calcaris would have the powdery pruinescence on the thorax. In this immature male, the shape and extent of the thoracic markings can be used to distinguish it from A. icteromelas, but it can be a very difficult call.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.843380-35.311082
- Maps Lower Cotter Catchment
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Jan 2021 04:01 PM Recorded on
- TimotheeBonnet Recorded by
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Male Gender
Collections
- Insects Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Damselflies (Zygoptera) TimotheeBonnet Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Austroargiolestes calcaris
Species information
- Austroargiolestes calcaris Scientific name
- Powdered Flatwing Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1236.3m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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