Distribution, habitats, phenology and conservation of New Caledonian Odonata
Author
Grand, Daniel
Author
Marinov, Milen
Author
Jourdan, Herve
Author
Cook, Carl
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Rouys, Sophie
Author
Mille, Christian
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Theuerkauf, Jörn
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-19
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journal article
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Zyxomma petiolatum
Rambur, 1842
(
Fig. 107
)
Zyxomma petiolatum
Rambur, 1842: 31
;
Zyxomma sechellarum
Martin, 1896
.
Distribution.
This species is recorded from the
Seychelles
,
Mauritius
, throughout most of the Oriental Region, the northern part of
Australia
and few south west Pacific islands (
Tsuda 2000
). In
New Caledonia
, it has been recorded as vagrant (
Davies 2002
) at two locations in the south of Grande Terre, which are however not precisely known. Therefore, we did not map its distribution.
Habitat.
We expect that this species in the same habitats as
T. tillarga
, but as it is also semi-crepuscular, fast- flying and less conspicuous it may be a more easily overlooked.
Biology and behaviour.
The larva was illustrated by
Lieftinck (1962)
. This is a migratory species most active towards dusk.
Status.
We considered this species as DD, because little information is available for
New Caledonia
.