Species profile—Orthetrum balteatum (speckled skimmer)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Libellulidae (skimmer or percher dragonflies) → Orthetrum balteatum (speckled skimmer)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Insecta (insects)
- Family
- Libellulidae (skimmer or percher dragonflies)
- Scientific name
- Orthetrum balteatum Lieftinck, 1933
- Common name
- speckled skimmer
- Type reference
- Lieftinck, M.A. 1933. The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands Part II. Descriptions of a new genus and species of Platycneminae (Agrionidae) and of new Libellulidae. Nova Guinea (Zoologie)
- WildNet taxon ID
- 35217
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=35217.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
