Pale Hunter (Austrogomphus amphiclitus)

Pale Hunter (Austrogomphus amphiclitus)

Inhabits streams and rivers

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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 usually marked with black or chocolate brown
  ○ If yellow or reddish, then tergum 8 substantially black

• Gomphidae: Key couplet 32 of 47

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• ● Metanepisternum substantially pale
  ● Pterostigma yellow, brown or black, its length more than 3.3 times its maximum width

• Gomphidae: Key couplet 33 of 47

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• ● Black and yellow or greenish-yellow, lacking lilac colouration
  ● Metepimeron posteriorly not margined with brown

• Gomphidae: Key couplet 35 of 47

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• ● Antehumeral stripe with inner margin almost parallel to dorsal carina, its lower end fused with collar
  ● Black mark on lower mesepimeron not extending to metastigma
  ● Metapleural suture not lined with black
  
  ⇒ genus: Austrogomphus

• Gomphidae: Key couplet 36 of 47

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• ● Anal appendages yellow, those of male forked or simple at tip

• Gomphidae: Key couplet 38 of 47

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• ● Superior appendages of male not forked
  ● Female with large, blunt yellow tooth on rear of occiput, just below occipital margin, and two large, black teeth with out-turned tips on postocciput
  
  ⇒ species: Pale Hunter (Austrogomphus amphiclitus)