Austroepigomphus praeruptus - [no common name]

Male identification: No information at present

Female identification: No information at present

Similar species: No information at present

Behaviour: No information at present

Distribution: Originally described from a since-lost male specimen from South Australia in 1857. Quite recently, Austroepigomphus larvae were collected and large dark Gomphid adults observed in Victoria. This was at Carrs Plain Road on the Richardson River near Rupanyup (just east of Horsham) in December 1993 and the Ovens River billabong at Peechalba, downstream of Wangaratta.

Australian State distribution (from CSIRO Entomology)

Habitat: Lowland. Possibly slow flowing rivers and billabongs.

Status: Rare and localised

Flight period: Unknown.