Checklist Inland Australia: 21 species
The checklist below contains the 21 species which have been reported from the area Inland Australia. The list is sorted based on the species' scientific names, with damselflies (Zygoptera) sorted before dragonflies (Anisoptera). Click here if you would like to see the list sorted on the species' common names or as per our overall checklist.
Each line contains the following pieces of information: the number of the species as per our overall checklist, its common and scientific names, a Distribution button and three further icons. Click on the Distribution button to see the species' Australia-wide distribution. Those species of which we have photographs available are listed in dark red; click on their names to see our photographs. And finally, you can click on the three colourful icons on the right to search the web for more information about the species using Bing, Google or Yahoo as your search engine.
Please note that all of these distribution data, including the dot maps themselves, are copyright-protected. They must not, therefore, be reproduced, republished, redistributed, modified, etc. without the express written permission from the copyright holders. Note also that the acronym DECCW, NSW underneath each dot map stands for the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, New South Wales.

| 96 | Eastern Billabongfly (Austroagrion watsoni) | Eastern Billabongfly (Austroagrion watsoni)
Inhabits still and flowing waters © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 11 | Blue Ringtail (Austrolestes annulosus) | Blue Ringtail (Austrolestes annulosus)
Inhabits riverine pools, lakes and ponds, including temporary ponds © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 12 | Inland Ringtail (Austrolestes aridus) | Inland Ringtail (Austrolestes aridus)
Inhabits streams, riverine pools, lakes and ponds, including temporary ponds © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 56 | Northern Pondsitter (Austrosticta fieldi) | Northern Pondsitter (Austrosticta fieldi)
Inhabits streams and rivers © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 103 | Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora) | Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)
Inhabits still and sluggish waters, including temporary ponds © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 104 | Common Bluetail (Ischnura heterosticta) | Common Bluetail (Ischnura heterosticta)
Inhabits still and sluggish waters, including temporary ponds © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 113 | Red & Blue Damsel (Xanthagrion erythroneurum) | Red & Blue Damsel (Xanthagrion erythroneurum)
Inhabits slow sections of mostly wider streams and still waters © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 125 | Australian Emperor (Anax papuensis) | Australian Emperor (Anax papuensis)
Inhabits wide range of still waters, slow streams © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 180 | Western Red Hunter (Austroepigomphus gordoni) | Western Red Hunter (Austroepigomphus gordoni)
Inhabits streams and riverine pools © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 148 | Australian Duskhawker (Austrogynacantha heterogena) | Australian Duskhawker (Austrogynacantha heterogena)
Inhabits wide range of still waters © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 260 | Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata) | Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)
Inhabits wide range of still and sluggish waters, including temporary ponds and swamps © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 261 | Scarlet Percher (Diplacodes haematodes) | Scarlet Percher (Diplacodes haematodes)
Inhabits streams and rivers as well as still waters © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 155 | Cave Duskhawker (Gynacantha nourlangie) | Cave Duskhawker (Gynacantha nourlangie)
Inhabits pools in caves and other still waters © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 241 | Desert Emerald (Hemicordulia flava) | Desert Emerald (Hemicordulia flava)
Inhabits still pools © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 246 | Tau Emerald (Hemicordulia tau) | Tau Emerald (Hemicordulia tau)
Inhabits riverine pools, lakes, ponds (including temporary ponds), swamps; occasionally streams and rivers © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 284 | Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum) | Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum)
Inhabits wide range of still and flowing waters, including temporary waters © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 285 | Rosy Skimmer (Orthetrum migratum) | Rosy Skimmer (Orthetrum migratum)
Inhabits streams, boggy seepages, riverine pools and swamps © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 289 | Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) | Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
Inhabits wide range of still waters, including ephemeral ponds and swamps © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 294 | Graphic Flutterer (Rhyothemis graphiptera) | Graphic Flutterer (Rhyothemis graphiptera)
Inhabits riverine lagoons, lakes, ponds and swamps © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 301 | Common Glider (Tramea loewii) | Common Glider (Tramea loewii)
Inhabits wide range of still waters, including temporary ponds and swamps © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 303 | Narrow-lobed Glider (Tramea stenoloba) | Narrow-lobed Glider (Tramea stenoloba)
Inhabits riverine lagoons, lakes, ponds, including temporary ponds © 2011 DECCW, NSW; 2021 Ian Endersby and DragonflyPix.com | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |























