Tonyosynthemis claviculata

Tonyosynthemis claviculata
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Synthemistidae
Genus:	Tonyosynthemis
Species:	T. claviculata
Binomial name
Tonyosynthemis claviculata (Tillyard, 1909)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Synthemis claviculata Tillyard, 1909

Tonyosynthemis claviculata, more commonly known as the Clavicle Tigertail, is a species of dragonfly. They are commonly found in Queensland, Australia, along Australian streams and rivers, or near the eastern Australian coast and drainage basins.^[3]

Body

The hindwing of an average adult Tonyosynthemis claviculata is generally 30mm or larger.

Male

One of the specimens that scientist Günther Theischinger collected and studied while in Australia was male and of medium length. The majority of its body was colored black, with some yellow patterns. Unlike the rest of its body, the bases of its wings (also known as subcostal space) were not black in color. The abdomen and tergum of the specimen was without a distal hair-brush, but had small, short hairs. The upper majority of the male's anal appendages were club-shaped and curved.^[4]

Female

Another of the specimens that scientist Günther Theischinger collected and studied while in Australia was female and of medium length. The majority of its body was colored black, with some yellow patterns. Unlike the rest of its body, the bases of its wings were not black in color. The abdomen and tergum of the specimen was without distal hair-brush, but had small, short hairs. The female's genital valves were narrow in measure, with a developed styli and a laterodistal point.^[4]

Larvae

One of the smaller specimens that scientist Günther Theischinger collected and studied while in Australia was larvae of average length. The body measured approximately 19mm, its prementum of a fair width and its ligula and median lobe still in the process of development. The specimen's labial palps were still relatively small but also had 6 large palpal setae, and its postocular lobe was rather bilobed. The larvae's pronotal lobe was well developed and included short setae, while its abdomen had obtuse laterodorsal on 5 segments.^[4]

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