CHECKLIST OF ODONATA OF FIJI
compiled by Neal L. Evenhuis & Dan A. Polhemus


AESCHNIDAE
Anaciaeschna
jaspidea
(Burmeister), 1839: 840 [Aeschna]


COENAGRIONIDAE
Agriocnemis
exsudans
Selys, 1877: 148
     vitiensis Tillyard, 1924: 337
salomonis Lieftinck, 1949 [from NMNH collection; validity not confirmed]


Ischnura
aurora
(Brauer), 1865: 510 [Agrion]
heterosticta (Burmeister), 1839: 820 [Agrion]

Melanesobasis
corniculata corniculata
Tillyard, 1924: 319 [Nesobasis]
corniculata marginata Donnelly, 1984: 102
flavilabris (Sélys-Longchamps), 1891: lv [Agrion]
maculosa Donnelly, 1984: 95
mcleani Donnelly, 1984: 96
prolixa Donnelly, 1984: 100
simmondsi (Tillyard), 1924: 320 [Nesobasis]


Nesobasis
angulicollis
Tillyard, 1924: 322
     subhumeralis Tillyard, 1924: 325
aurantiaca Tillyard, 1924: 330
brachycerca Tillyard, 1924: 332
caerulecaudata Donnelly, 1990: 108
caerulescens Donnelly, 1990: 113
campioni Tillyard, 1924: 329
comosa Tillyard, 1924: 321
erythrops (Sélys-Longchamps), 1891: liii [Agrion]
flavifrons Donnelly, 1990: 102
flavostigma Donnelly, 1990: 107
heteroneura Tillyard, 1924: 333
ingens Donnelly, 1990: 104
leveri Kimmins, 1943: 698
longistyla (Sélys-Longchamps), 1891: lv [Agrion]
malcolmi Donnelly, 1990: 116
monticola Donnelly, 1990: 111
nigrostigma (Sélys-Longchamps), 1891: lvi [Agrion]
pedata Donnelly, 1990: 107
recava Donnelly, 1990: 105
rufostigma Donnelly, 1990: 100
selysi Tillyard, 1924: 327
telegastrum (Sélys-Longchamps), 1891: liv [Agrion]
pacificum Tillyard, 1924: 311



HEMICORDULIIDAE
Hemicordulia
tau
Selys, 1871: 238


Procordulia
irregularis
Martin, 1907: 16


LESTIDAE
Indolestes
vitiensis
(Tillyard), 1924: 309 [Austrolestes]



LIBELLULIDAE
Diplacodes
bipunctata
(Brauer), 1865: 503 [Libellula]
     novaezealandiae (Selys), 1871: 254 [Cordulia]
trivialis (Rambur), 1842: 115 [Libellula]


Hypothemis
hageni
Karsch, 1889: 261


Lathrecista
asiatica
(Fabricius), 1798: 283 [Libellula]
pectoralis (Kaup in Brauer), 1867 [misidentification, not Fijian]


Orthetrum
sabina (Drury), 1770: 114 [Libellula]
serapia Watson, 1984: 8


Pantala
flavescens
(Fabricius), 1798: 285 [Pantala]


Rhyothemis
dispar
Brauer, 1867: 815


Tramea
limbata
(Desjardins), 1835: iii [Libellula]


Trapezostigma
eurybia
(Sélys-Longchamps), 1878: 298 [Tramea]
transmarina
(Brauer), 1867: 22 [Tramea]
    propinqua (Lieftinck), 1942 [Tramea]


SYNTHEMISTIDAE
Synthemis
macrostigma macrostigma
Selys, 1871: 559


UNPLACED TO FAMILY
Mesocera
annulipes
Koch in Schmeltz, 1874: 54 [nomen nudum]

 


Last revised 15 December 2007

Supported in part by National Science Foundation grant DEB-0425790 "Fiji Terrestrial Arthropod Survey".