○ Wings hyaline ● Two to four, occasionally five, cells in triangles and hypertriangles
b ↑
Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 11 of 37
● Both wings with a single supplementary radial vein (Rspl) ● Posterior angle of hindwing triangle and 1A joined by a short crossvein
b ↑
Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 12 of 37
● Male with three or fewer, or without, distinct longitudinal dorsal ridges on segment 10 ○ Anal appendages of female shorter than to slightly longer than segment 10 ● Supra-anal plate rounded to subtriangular
⇒ genus: Austroaeschna and Dromaeschna
a ↑
Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 13 of 37
○ Abdominal segments 9 and 10 and anal appendages largely dark brown or black
b ↑
Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 14 of 37
● Front of synthorax with one or two pale stripes over virtually the entire length on each side, or pale patches with or without a long pale stripe ● Abdominal terga 3-8 either lacking basal pale marks, or with both basal and central or distal marks
⇒ genus: Austroaeschna and Dromaeschna
b ↑
Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 17 of 37
● Side of synthorax with either unequal, pale stripes or pale patches on a dark background
b ↑
Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 18 of 37
● Top of frons black with pair of pale spots isolated from pale patch at side of anterior frons by broad to tenuous black band
a ↑
Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 19 of 37
● Anterior frons black or dark brown, pale at sides
a ↑
Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 20 of 37
○ Meso- and metafemur reddish brown, with or without black tip
b ↑
Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 23 of 37
● Antehumeral stripes reduced to short, narrow, slightly curved lines and small patches
b ↑
Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 25 of 37
● Anterodorsal spots on abdominal terga 3 and 4 generally much reduced or absent, and on 5-7, lacking
⇒ species: Sydney Mountain Darner (Austroaeschna obscura)