Neurothemis stigmatizans (Fabricius, 1775)

Theischinger, G. & Endersby, I., 2014, Australian Dragonfly (Odonata) Larvae: Descriptive history and identification, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 72, pp. 73-120 : 99

Neurothemis stigmatizans (Fabricius, 1775)

Fig. 62

Lieftinck (1962); Hawking (1993); Theischinger & Hawking (2006); Theischinger (2007a); Theischinger & Endersby (2009); Hawking et al. (2013). Difficult to distinguish from Crocothemis , Diplacodes and Nannodiplax .

*Genus Neurothemis Brauer, 1867

Neurothemis larvae from the very north of Australia may belong to either N. stigmatizans or to N. oligoneura , but only N. stigmatizans occurs in the Kimberley and in south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales ( Theischinger 2007a).

Figures

Figs 61-72. Final instar larvae of Australian Libellulidae: (61) Nannophya sp. (from Barcaldine); (62) Neurothemis stigmatizans; (63) Orthetrum caledonicum; (64) Pantala flavescens; (65) Potamarcha congener; (66) Rhodothemis lieftincki; (67) Rhyothemis princeps; (68) Tetrathemis irregularis; (69) Tholymis tillarga; (70) Tramea stenoloba; (71) Urothemis aliena; (72) Zyxomma elgneri.