Crocothemis nigrifrons (Kirby, 1894)

Theischinger, G. & Endersby, I., 2014, Australian Dragonfly (Odonata) Larvae: Descriptive history and identification, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 72, pp. 73-120 : 98

Crocothemis nigrifrons (Kirby, 1894)

Fig. 54

Watson (1962); Hawking (1986, 1993); Hawking & Smith (1997); Hawking & Theischinger (1999); Theischinger & Hawking (2003, 2006); Theischinger (2007a); Theischinger & Endersby (2009); Hawking et al. (2013). Sole species of Crocothemis in Australia. Difficult to distinguish from Diplacodes , Nannodiplax and Neurothemis .

Figures

Figs 49-60. Final instar larvae of Australian Libellulidae: (49) Aethriamanta nymphaeae; (50) Agrionoptera longitudinalis; (51) Austrothemis nigrescens; (52) Brachydiplax denticauda; (53) Camacinia gigantea; (54) Crocothemis nigrifrons; (55) Diplacodes haematodes; (56) Huonia melvillensis; (57) Hydrobasisleus brevistylus; (58) Macrodiplax cora; (59) Nannodiplax rubra; (60) Nannophlebia risi.