Distribution, habitats, phenology and conservation of New Caledonian Odonata
Author
Grand, Daniel
Author
Marinov, Milen
Author
Jourdan, Herve
Author
Cook, Carl
Author
Rouys, Sophie
Author
Mille, Christian
Author
Theuerkauf, Jörn
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-19
4640
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4640.1
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Orthetrum villosovittatum
(
Brauer, 1868
)
(
Fig. 93
)
Libellula villosovittatum
Brauer, 1868: 167
;
Orthetrum bismarckanium
Ris, 1898
;
Orthetrum fenicheli
Foerster, 1898
;
Orthetrum parvulum
Foerster, 1903
.
Distribution.
This species is widespread in eastern
Indonesia
,
Papua New Guinea
, the
Solomon Islands
and
New Caledonia
(
Tsuda 2000
). However, no locality is known from
New Caledonia
despite
Davies (2002)
reporting it to be ’quite common’. Therefore, we did not map its distribution.
Habitat.
According to
Theischinger & Hawking (2006)
, this species occurs in diverse standing and slowly running waters, including swamp and temporary habitats.
Biology and behaviour.
Its larva was illustrated by
Hawking (1986)
and its habits are similar to other species of
Orthetrum
.
Status.
Due to the lack of information on its distribution, we rank this species DD.