Species profile—Austroaeschna speciosa (tropical unicorn darner)

Classification

Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Insecta ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=insecta ) (insects) → Telephlebiidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=insecta&family=telephlebiidae ) (darner dragonflies) → Austroaeschna speciosa (tropical unicorn darner)

Sighting data

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KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=35301&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=35301&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=35301 )

Species details

Kingdom
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=insecta ) (animals)
Class
Insecta ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=insecta ) (insects)
Family
Telephlebiidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=insecta&family=telephlebiidae ) (darner dragonflies)
Scientific name
Austroaeschna speciosa Sj¿stedt, 1917
Common name
tropical unicorn darner
Type reference
Sj¿stedt, Y. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mj¿berg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910-1913 16. Odonaten. Arkiv f¿r Zoologi 11(11): 1-44.
WildNet taxon ID
35301
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species ( https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/components/biota/fauna/fauna-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 ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=35301 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=35301 ).

This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.