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Tramea transmarina

Karakara‘avai

Mountain Dragonfly

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Mountain Dragonfly

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group (RR - uncommon, ?elsewhere); N.Group?; Land, (lowlands -) mountains, young in Freshwater

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Biocontrol - natural

KEY FEATURES: Medium-sized dragonfly. BODY xxxx WINGS clear to tinged brown; hindwing base with wide band brown or brown-white-brown.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Tramea transmarina Brauer, 1867
SYNONYMS: Tramea samoensis Brauer, 1867; Trapezostigma euryale Selys, 1878; Tramea propinqua Lieftinck, 1942

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Odonata; Anisoptera; LIBELLULIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens 9/1937, C.E.Clarke, reported Wise (1980); fieldspecimen, peak beyond Tereora Hill lookout, 4/2004, inner hindwing pattern distinctive, ID GMcC.

References:
Special Reference: Wise, 1980: Records of South Pacific Dragonflies (Hexapoda: Odonata). Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 17:175-178

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03b, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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