| Summit Mystic | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Genus: | Austrophya |
| Species: | A. monteithorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Austrophya monteithorum Theischinger, 2019 | |
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Austrophya monteithorum is a species of dragonfly in the superfamily Libelluloidea, known as the summit mystic. It is probably a small dragonfly, adults have not been seen. It is known only from larva found at the summit plateau of Thornton Peak, north-west of Cairns in tropical Queensland, Australia.
Etymology
Austrophya monteithorum is named after Geoff and Sybil Monteith of the Queensland Museum who collected the type material in an expedition to Thornton Peak in 1984.
See also
References
- Theischinger, G. (2021). "Austrophya monteithorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T173412461A173412545. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T173412461A173412545.en. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ Theischinger, G. (2019). "Austrophya monteithorum sp. nov., a new dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera, Libelluloidea) from tropical Queensland, Australia, with notes on its collection and locality". The Australian Entomologist. 46 (3): 145–155 – via Informit.
- "Species Austrophya monteithorum Theischinger, 2019". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
- ^ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2021). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 406. ISBN 9781486313747.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Austrophya monteithorum | |