Major Group: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Zyxomma |
Descriptive Features: labial palps with 8-10 dentations, with at least 1 long seta on each
8-9 palpal setae
12-14 pairs of premental setae
abdomen with mid-dorsal hooks or spines on segments 2 or 3 to 9 or 10
lateral spines on segments 8 and 9, spines on 8 about ½ middorsal length, spines on 9 about equal to mid-dorsal length
segment 10 sunken into segment 9
Total length: 17 - 18 mm |
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Zyxomma elgneri |
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Taxonomic Checklist: Species
(not all nymphs known)
Zyxomma elgneri Ris, 1913
Zyxomma multinervorum Carpenter, 1897
Zyxomma petiolatum Rambur, 1842 |
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Distribution: N Qld, E Qld, N NT, N WA
Functional Feeding Group: predators |
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South Alligator River, Kakadu National Park NT |
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Information Sources: Hawking & Theischinger 1999
Key to Species: Theischinger & Endersby 2009 |
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