Biology:Adversaeschna

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Adversaeschna is a monotypic genus of large dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae.[1] Adversaeschna brevistyla is the only known species of this genus which is found in Australia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island and some Pacific Islands.[2]

Species

The genus Adversaeschna includes only one species:[3]

  • Adversaeschna brevistyla (Rambur, 1842)

Etymology

The word Adversaeschna is a combination of two Latin words: adversus, meaning opposite in physical position; and aeschna, derived from the genus Aeshna named by Danish entomologist Johan Fabricius in 1775.[4] Adversaeschna brevistyla was described by Tony Watson in 1992 as being taxonomically isolated from other dragonflies in the genus Aeshna.[5][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Genus Adversaeschna Watson, 1992". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Adversaeschna. 
  2. ↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 148. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6. 
  3. ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Endersby, I. (2012). "Watson and Theischinger: the etymology of the dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) names which they published". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 145 (443 & 444): 34–53 [36]. doi:10.5962/p.146542. ISSN 0035-9173. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46371075. 
  5. ↑ Watson, J.A.L. (1992). "The affinities of Aeshna brevistyla (Rambur) (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae)". Odonatologica 21 (4): 453–471 [470]. http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/record/592010. 

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