CALEDOPTERYX MACULATA - (WINSTANLEY & DAVIES, 1982)
Kingdom - Animalia > Phylum - Arthropoda > Class - Insecta > Order - Odonata > Family - Megapodagrionidae
Caledopteryx maculata is endemic to New Caledonia. It is widespread in the southern half of New Caledonia.
Caledopteryx maculata generally occurs in the steeper sections of forested catchments and is normally found near water. Oviposition was noticed to be directly onto steep rock faces, into a small rivulet flowing over a clay bed and into a steep hillside seepage area where leaf litter had accumulated. A teneral female was taken at a rock face approximately 1 m away from the water about halfway up a 3 m waterfall. Larvae were flushed with the point of a stiff leaf from horizontal cracks in the rocks on the faces of waterfalls (Winstanley and Davies 1982).
Caledopteryx maculata is endemic to New Caledonia. It is widespread in the southern half of New Caledonia.
Caledopteryx maculata generally occurs in the steeper sections of forested catchments and is normally found near water. Oviposition was noticed to be directly onto steep rock faces, into a small rivulet flowing over a clay bed and into a steep hillside seepage area where leaf litter had accumulated. A teneral female was taken at a rock face approximately 1 m away from the water about halfway up a 3 m waterfall. Larvae were flushed with the point of a stiff leaf from horizontal cracks in the rocks on the faces of waterfalls (Winstanley and Davies 1982).