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are wide, but the third and following segments are narrow. The abdomen is mostly black, but the third through ninth segments are marked with yellow spots above and the third through eighth also have spots at the sides. The total length is 43 mm, of which the abdomen takes 31 mm. The fore-
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is a mostly black dragonfly with yellow markings. The wings are transparent and the veins are black. A black patch occurs at the base of each of the wings and further black spots are on other parts of the wings. Most of the head is black. The eyes are brown. The
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Theischinger also documented measurements and additional details of the larval specimen. They are brown in colour and about 22 mm, with the eyes set apart about 5 mm. The larvae's
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is also black, but bears long, gray hairs above. The legs are mostly black. The first two segments of the
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was 14.3 mm in length, and the base of its wings measured roughly 1 mm. The
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in 1917 on the basis of both adults and larvae, but his larvae are in fact probably
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flies rapidly over the swamps and often sits on reeds. It occurs together with
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were round in shape and not well defined. Adult males have short anal
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and hindwings are 38.5 and 37.5 mm long, respectively.
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plate was not fully developed, either. The eyes protrude
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were small in comparison to most specimens, and its
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He had material from swamps around 7: 251:and has also been placed in its own 1036:IUCN Red List least concern species 644:Tillyard (Odonata: Synthemistidae)" 510:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1066:Taxa named by Robert John Tillyard 338:dragonfly, and finally discovered 14: 873:Synthemiopsis_gomphomacromioides 844:Synthemiopsis gomphomacromioides 642:Synthemiopsis gomphomacromioides 503:Synthemiopsis gomphomacromioides 478:Synthemiopsis gomphomacromioides 469: 462:Synthemiopsis gomphomacromioides 453: 441: 429: 361:Synthemiopsis gomphomacromioides 350:Synthemiopsis gomphomacromioides 336:Synthemiopsis gomphomacromioides 328:Synthemiopsis gomphomacromioides 310:Synthemiopsis gomphomacromioides 292:Synthemiopsis gomphomacromioides 242:. It is the only species in the 234:from southern and north-western 223:Synthemiopsis gomphomacromioides 196:Synthemiopsis gomphomacromioides 80: 556:Tillyard, Robert John (1917). 415:that develop during the final 1: 651:Linzer biologische Beitraege 1087: 1061:Endemic fauna of Australia 178:S. gomphomacromioides 1071:Insects described in 1917 210: 192: 185: 77:Scientific classification 75: 53: 44: 39: 30: 25: 1051:Monotypic Odonata genera 517:: e.T163539A87529469. 419:phase of development. 575:10.5962/bhl.part.4860 1056:Odonata of Australia 320:Günther Theischinger 226:, also known as the 16:Genus of dragonflies 315:Synthemis tasmanica 308:Tillyard described 297:Synthemis tasmanica 47:Conservation status 26:Tasmanian spotwing 592:. Australia: CSIRO 499:Dow, R.A. 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Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Anisoptera
Synthemistidae
Synthemiopsis
Binomial name
Tillyard

dragonfly
Tasmania
Australia
genus
tribe
R. J. Tillyard
Synthemis
Chilean
Gomphomacromia
Cradle Mountain
Flowerdale Creek
Wynyard
Synthemis tasmanica

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