Macromia tillyardi

Australian cruiser
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Macromiidae
Genus: Macromia
Species: M. tillyardi
Binomial name
Macromia tillyardi
Martin, 1906[1]

Macromia tillyardi is a species of dragonfly in the family Macromiidae,[2][3] known as the Australian cruiser.[4] It is a large, black to metallic green dragonfly with bright yellow markings on its abdomen, clear wings and long legs.[4] It is found in northern Australia,[5] where it inhabits streams and pools.[6]

Taxonomic history

Interestingly, Robin Tillyard collected the type specimen of Macromia tillyardi in 1905 and passed it onto René Martin for publication in his about-to-be-published work on Cordulines, in Collections zoologiques du baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps.[1]

Three females of this magnificent insect were taken by me at Kuranda, N.Q., in January, 1905. As M. René Martin is about to issue his work on the Corduliinae, it seems fitting that the record and description of so fine a species should appear in his new work. I have therefore sent him my description of the insect together with the type-specimen. It will be sufficient in this paper to give a short description only, so that the insect may be recognised by Australian collectors (Tillyard, 1906)[7]

Tillyard wrote his description and published it in November 1906,[7] several months before Martin's work was published on 17 January 1907.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Martin, R (1907). "Cordulines". Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps (in French). 17. Brussels: Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. pp. 1-94 [72].
  2. ↑ "Species Macromia tillyardi Martin, 1906". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  4. 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
  5. ↑ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.
  6. ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 224. ISBN 978 1 74232 475 3.
  7. 1 2 Tillyard, R.J. (1906). "New Australian species of the family Libellulidae. (Neuroptera: Odonata)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 31: 480-492 [491] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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