Tonyosynthemis claviculata
| Tonyosynthemis claviculata | |
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| Male, Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Libelluloidea |
| Family: | Synthemistidae |
| Genus: | Tonyosynthemis |
| Species: | T. claviculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tonyosynthemis claviculata | |
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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Synthemis claviculata Tillyard, 1909 | |
Tonyosynthemis claviculata, commonly known as the clavicle tigertail, is a species of dragonfly.[4][5] They are found in Queensland, Australia, along streams and rivers, or near the eastern Australian coast and drainage basins.[4]
Body
The hindwing of an average adult is generally 30 mm or larger.
Male
One of the specimens that scientist Günther Theischinger collected and studied was male 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.[6]
Female
Another of the specimens that Theischinger collected 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.[6]
Larvae
One of the smaller specimens that Theischinger collected was a larva of average length. The body measured about 19 mm, its prementum was of a fair width and its ligula and median lobe still were in the process of development. The specimen's labial palps were still relatively small, but also had six 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 five segments.[6]
Etymology
In 1998, Günther Theischinger named the genus Tonyosynthemis in honour of two friends and fellow odonatologists, the late Tony Watson (1935–1993) and the late A. F. (Tony) O'Farrell (1917–1997). The genus name combines the name "Tony" with the existing genus name Synthemis.[7][8]
The species name claviculata is the diminutive form of the Latin clavis ("cudgel"), referring to the clubbed tips of the male appendages.[2][9]
Gallery
young female, north Queensland.jpg)
Female wings.jpg)
Male wings
References
- ↑ Dow, R.A. (2017). "Tonyosynthemis claviculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T87539873A87540224. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T87539873A87540224.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- 1 2 Tillyard, R.J. (1909). "On some remarkable Australian Corduliinae, with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 33 (1908): 737–751 [749] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
- 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
- ↑ "Species Tonyosynthemis claviculata (Tillyard, 1909)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022.
- 1 2 3 Theischinger, Günther. "Tonyosynthemis, a new dragonfly genus from Australia (Insecta: Odonata: Synthemistidae)" (PDF). Austria: Biologiezentrum Linz/Austria. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ↑ Endersby, I. (2012). "Watson and Theischinger: the etymology of the dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) names which they published". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 145 (443 & 444): 34–53 [49]. doi:10.5962/p.146542. ISSN 0035-9173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ Hämäläinen, Matti (9 February 2016). "Catalogue of individuals commemorated in the scientific names of extant dragonflies, including lists of all available eponymous species-group and genus-group names – Revised edition" (PDF). International Dragonfly Fund Report. 92: 1–132. ISSN 1435-3393.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Endersby, Ian (2012). "Etymology of the Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S." Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 134: 1–16.
