Pimple-headed Hunter

The genus name Austrogomphus combines the prefix austro- (from Latin auster, meaning “south wind”, hence “southern”) with Gomphus, a genus name derived from Greek γόμφος (gomphos, “peg” or “nail”), alluding to the clubbed shape of the abdomen in males. In 1917, Sjöstedt named this species mjobergi, an eponym honouring Eric Mjöberg (1882-1938), a Swedish zoologist and ethnographer who led early Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia.