Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Tropical Rockmaster
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 201 meters (660 feet).[1]
Ecology:
Inhabits streams
and rivers
, including those that dry to pools
(Theischinger
and Hawking 2006).[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.2 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Odonatoptera
()
- Order:
Odonata
()
- Fabricius, 1793
- Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Suborder:
Zygoptera
()
- Selys, 1854
- Superfamily:
Calopterygoidea
()
- Selys, 1850
- Family:
Lestoideidae
()
- Tillyard & Fraser, 1938
- Subfamily:
Philoganginae
()
- Genus:
Diphlebia
()
- Selys, 1869
- Specific name:
euphoeoides
- Tillyard, 1907
- Scientific name: - Diphlebia euphoeoides Tillyard, 1907
- Specific name:
euphoeoides
- Tillyard, 1907
- Genus:
Diphlebia
(
- Subfamily:
Philoganginae
(
- Family:
Lestoideidae
(
- Superfamily:
Calopterygoidea
(
- Suborder:
Zygoptera
(
- Order:
Odonata
(
- Superorder:
Odonatoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Diphlebia euphaeoides Auctores • Diphlebia reinholdi Foerster
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 04-Aug-2008
The original description
and information is by Tillyard (1907), and
additional information by Stewart (1980) and Houston and Watson (1988).
[2].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Diphlebia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. euphoeoides (Tropical Rockmaster) · D. lestoides (Whitewater Rockmaster)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Hawking, J.H. 1999. An evaluation of the current conservation status of Australian dragonflies (Odonata). Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mossman.
- Hawking, J.H. and Theischinger, G. 2002. Vernacular names for the Australian dragonflies (Odonata). Supplement to Austrolestes 4: 7-11.
- Houston, W.W.K. and Watson, J.A.L. 1988. Odonata. Bureau of Flora and Fauna, Canberra.
- IUCN. 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2009.2). Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 3 November 2009).
- Stewart, W.E. 1980. The Australian genus Diphlebia Selys (Odonata: Amphipterygidae) I. Taxonomic revision of the adults. II. Taxonomy of the larvae. Australian Journal of Zoology; Supplement Series 75: 1-72.
- Theischinger, G. and Hawking, J.H. 2006. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO, Collingwood, Australia.
- Tillyard, R.J. 1907. New Australian species of the family Calopterygidae (Neuroptera: Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 394-399.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 06, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Hawking, J. 2009. Diphlebia euphoeoides. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Release date: August 1, 2008
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6411817
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-485
- IUCN ID: 205548
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1759345
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 303.380 based on 79 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Hawking, J. 2009. Diphlebia euphoeoides. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
