https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=odonata_wings John Tann Australian Museum Research Associate Research Associate

1 William Street Sydney New South Wales 2010 AU

johntann99@gmail.com 0000-0001-7291-2971 John Tann Australian Museum Research Associate Research Associate

1 William Street Sydney New South Wales 2010 AU

johntann99@gmail.com 0000-0001-7291-2971 John Tann Australian Museum Research Associate Research Associate

1 William Street Sydney New South Wales 2010 AU

johntann99@gmail.com 0000-0001-7291-2971 author 2020-07-16 eng Photographic library of wings of Australian Odonata This resource is an index to photographs of male and female wings of 207 species of dragonfly and 111 species of damselfly found in Australia. Each image shows a pair of right wings, a scale, an identifying taxonomic name and gender. These high-resolution images were made by John Tann at the Australian Museum using identified collection material from that museum and other Australian collections. Equipment and method used to create the images are detailed in Tann (2020). The index has links to the wing image of each specimen and to an image of the original museum specimen. Tann, John. 2020. Wing images of Australian Odonata. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum XXXX Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Specimen GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml All images are publicly accessible: 1. On figshare, where images can be viewed individually or downloaded as a series 2. On Flickr, where each wing image is accompanied by its individual caption, other metadata such as specimen location on a map, and a link to collection data. Dragonfly wings: https://www.flickr.com/photos/31031835@N08/albums/72157684642873975 Damselfly wings. https://www.flickr.com/photos/31031835@N08/albums/72157684003991555 3. On Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia in turn displays wing images on the content page of each Australian dragonfly and damselfly. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11840013 Australia 110.742 158.203 -9.449 -44.84 These images are of dragonflies and damselflies found in Australia order Odonata Dragonfly suborder Anisoptera Dragonflies suborder Zygoptera Damselflies This project has created an openly accessible, high-resolution, photographic library of wings of Australian dragonflies and damselflies, order Odonata. The library is an open resource for identification and research. notPlanned John Tann Australian Museum Research Associate Research Associate

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johntann99@gmail.com 0000-0001-7291-2971 For details of equipment and method used to create these images see Tann, John. 2020. Wing images of Australian Odonata. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum Specimens of Odoanata held in the Australian and other collections in Australia In order to create good quality images, wings were removed from most specimens so they could be photographed without artefacts. Dragonflies and damselflies in paper envelopes were preferred to pinned specimens as they were generally cleaner, easier to work with, and required no reconstruction after photographing. Technique A specimen in poor condition, with good wings was selected. Many dragonfly and damselfly specimens in collections have broken bodies, separated abdomens or heads. Working with already-damaged material reduced the impact of this destructive technique. All specimens were registered, with few exceptions, and identification of each specimen was critical. Only one specimen at a time was processed before being returned to its drawer to avoid a mix-up. A whole-of-body photograph of the original specimen with all labels was made before further work, for reference and quality control. Both right wings were surgically removed. Occasionally, due to availability, left wings were used and their images artificially flipped. Both wings were photographed independently using a good quality camera and customised rig. Wings and bodies were returned to their paper envelope. Where pinned specimens were used, the wings were attached to paper points and re-pinned. Occasionally wings were photographed while still attached to the insect body. This was a sub-optimal method, used for rare and special specimens. To ensure final wing images maintained their correct identification, the taxonomic name, according to the Australian Faunal Directory, and gender, male or female, were added to the lower right corner of each image. A whole-of-body photograph of the reference specimen with its registration number is available in this resource. John Tann 0000-0001-7291-2971 This project has created an openly accessible, high-resolution, photographic library of wings of Australian dragonflies and damselflies, order Odonata. Both male and female wings of 318 species of Odonata found in Australia have been photographed. Wings have been photographed with a specialist set-up using identified museum collection material. In general, both wings were removed from the insect body to produce an image with a minimum of visual artefacts. Each resulting image shows a pair of right wings, a scale, an identifying taxonomic name and gender. Equipment and method used to create the images are detailed in Tann, John. 2020. Wing images of Australian Odonata. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 2020-07-15T04:49:44.497+00:00 dataset Tann J (2020): Wing Images of Australian Odonata. v1.4. No organisation. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=odonata_wings&v=1.4 Tann, John (2020): Wings of Australian Odonata - Index. figshare. Dataset. Wings of Australian Odonata - Volume 1. Anisoptera UTF-8 JPEG https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11845230 Wings of Australian Odonata - Volume 2. Zygoptera UTF-8 JPEG https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12579959 Wings of Australian Odonata - Volume 3. Anisoptera fixed scale UTF-8 JPEG https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12612038 Wings of Australian Odonata - Volume 4. Zygoptera fixed scale UTF-8 JPEG https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12612041 urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34688 Australian Museum Entomology Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35019 http://grbio.org/institutional-collection/entomology-4 Queensland Museum Entomology urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34981 Western Australian Museum Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Entomology Collection Australian National Insect Collection pinned other Species 318 Specimens 615 https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?id=odonata_wings/v1.4.xml