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Austrophlebia costalis

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Southern giant darner
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Suborder:
Epiprocta
Infraorder:
Anisoptera
Family:
Aeshnidae
Genus:
Austrophlebia
Species:
A. costalis

Tillyard, 1907

Austrophlebia costalis, the southern giant darner, is a species of dragonfly endemic to Australia.[1]

This species is believed to be one of the fastest flying odonates, with an old reference claiming to have clocked one at nearly 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) but no modern confirmation.[2]

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN2010.3
  2. ^ Tillyard, Robert John (1917). The Biology of Dragonflies (PDF). pp. 322–323. Retrieved 15 December 2010. I doubt if any greater speed than this occurs amongst Odonata
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