Telephlebia brevicauda
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Telephlebia brevicauda ♂
1 / 3; PhotoID: AusDr100 25/12/2008 12:57 F5.6 1/180 180mm ISO200 Canon50D -Crop -Flash MF
Stream at Island Bend, Kosciuszko NP, NSW [-36.327174°; 148.473206°]
Telephlebia brevicauda ♂
2 / 3; PhotoID: AusDr101 25/12/2008 12:57 F5.6 1/180 180mm ISO200 Canon50D -Crop -Flash MF
Stream at Island Bend, Kosciuszko NP, NSW [-36.327174°; 148.473206°]
Telephlebia brevicauda ♂
3 / 3; PhotoID: AusDr102 25/12/2008 13:00 F5.6 1/60 180mm ISO200 Canon50D -Crop -Flash MF
Stream at Island Bend, Kosciuszko NP, NSW [-36.327174°; 148.473206°]
Southern Evening Darner (Telephlebia brevicauda)
Inhabits margins of small streams, small alpine bogs
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Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 1 of 37
- ● Crossveins present in median space
Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 2 of 37
- ● Subcosta prolonged into first to third cell distal to nodus
Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 3 of 37
- ● Top of frons pointed in front
● Pterostigma overlying at least five cells
⇒ genus: Telephlebia
Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 4 of 37
- ● Top of frons with wide, subtriangular dark mark, almost extending to outer edge
Telephlebiidae: Key couplet 5 of 37
- ● Male with tips of superior anal appendages rounded, or pointed on inner side, not convergent
● Female with comparatively narrow occiput
⇒ species: Southern Evening Darner (Telephlebia brevicauda)