''Austroaeschna pinheyi'' is a species of Australian
dragonfly
A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonfly are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threate ...
in the family
Telephlebiidae,
known as an inland darner. It has only been found in the
Carnarvon Gorge
Carnarvon Gorge is located in the Southern Brigalow Belt bioregion in Central Queensland (Australia), 593 km northwest of Brisbane. Primarily created by water erosion, Carnarvon Gorge is around 30 kilometres long, located in Carnarvon Natio ...
vicinity of Central Queensland, where it inhabits streams.
''Austroaeschna pinheyi'' is a shorter-bodied blackish dragonfly with pale markings.
Etymology
In 2001,