Australia’s Flagship Freshwater Insects

The following series of comments on individual species reveals the variety of taxa that have attracted conservation concern in Australia, mostly through being ‘listed’ under some relevant legislation. Many of those listings have eventuated from rather flimsy evidence, but with the wise precaution that poorly known species that are supposedly or demonstrably scarce, those restricted to or known from only single localities, and those that have not been seen for considerable periods may indeed be in need of focused attention to clarify their status and assure their wellbeing.