Cordulephya pygmaea Selys, 1870

Theischinger, G. & Endersby, I., 2014, Australian Dragonfly (Odonata) Larvae: Descriptive history and identification, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 72, pp. 73-120 : 104

Cordulephya pygmaea Selys, 1870

Fig. 74

Tillyard (1911b, 1914, 1916b, 1917b); Williams (1980), Hawking (1986); Hawking & Theischinger (1999); Theischinger & Hawking (2006); Theischinger (2007a, 2010); Theischinger & Endersby (2009); Hawking et al. (2013).

*Genus Cordulephya Selys, 1870

Cordulephya larvae identified from north of the Paluma-Eungella gap can be confirmed by distribution as C. bidens . C. pygmaea is probably the only species in Queensland south of the Paluma-Eungella gap ( Theischinger 2007a). C. pygmaea , C. divergens and C. montana may coexist in south-eastern Australia and distinguishing C. pygmaea from C. divergens / montana from there is difficult and often doubtful. Separating larvae of C. divergens and C. montana is not possible at present.

Figures

Figs 73-81. Final instar larvae of Australian Libelluloidea of genera incertae sedis: (73) Archaeophya adamsi; (74) Cordulephya pygmaea; (75) Apocordulia macrops; (76) Austrocordulia leonardi; (77) Austrophya mystica; (78)?Austrophya sp.; (79) Hesperocordulia berthoudi; (80) Lathrocordulia metallica; (81) Micromidia convergens.