Western Red Hunter (Austroepigomphus gordoni)

Western Red Hunter (Austroepigomphus gordoni)

Inhabits streams and riverine pools

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• Gomphidae: Key couplet 1 of 47

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• ● Generally no incomplete antenodal crossvein proximal to Ax1 in any wing
  ● End of abdomen not elongate, mid-dorsal length of abdominal tergum 9 less than 2.3 mm in male, 2.1 mm in female

• Gomphidae: Key couplet 10 of 47

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• ● Superior anal appendages parallel or divergent, not converging at tips, each bearing a long, curved ventrobasal branch

• Gomphidae: Key couplet 19 of 47

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• ● Anterior of abdominal segments 3 and 4 with mid-dorsal yellow band, sometimes narrow, or entirely yellow

• Gomphidae: Key couplet 27 of 47

• ○ Abdominal terga 9-10 yellow or pale reddish brown
  ○ Tergum 8 similar or with dark reddish brown to black distal half

• Gomphidae: Key couplet 28 of 47

• ○ Hindwing longer than 21.5 mm

• Gomphidae: Key couplet 29 of 47

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• ● Postclypeus yellow
  
  ⇒ genus: Austroepigomphus

• Gomphidae: Key couplet 30 of 47

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• ● Anterior frons reddish yellow, or with reddish brown to reddish grey transverse bar
  ● Humeral stripe meeting collar
  ○ Abdominal tergum 7 yellow to yellowish red
  
  ⇒ species: Western Red Hunter (Austroepigomphus gordoni)