Major Group: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Chlorocyphidae
Genus: Rhinocypha
Species: tincta
This family is represented in Australia by a single species, Rhinocypha tincta. |
Descriptive Features: labium flat
labial palps narrow with major setae near base, median lobe triangular, cleft
abdomen slender
3 leaf-like or saccoid caudal gills
lateral gills slender, triquetral, median gill a short, stout spine
Total length:
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larva from East Timor |
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Taxonomic Checklist:
Rhinocypha tincta Selys, 1869 |
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Distribution: Expected to occur in NE Qld. No nymphal specimens have been recorded this century or last.
Sensitivity Rating: none
Functional Feeding Group: predators |
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tributary of Mossman River, Qld |
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Ecology: Instream habitat: Rhinocypha tincta nymphs occur in lotic waters.
Feeding ecology: Nymphs are predators.
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Information Sources: Theischinger & Hawking 2006, Houston 1988 |
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