Biology:Anax walsinghami

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Short description: Species of dragonfly

Anax walsinghami
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Anax
Species:
A. walsinghami
Binomial name
Anax walsinghami
McLachlan, 1883

Anax walsinghami is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae (darners), in the suborder Anisoptera ("dragonflies").[2][3] The species is known generally as the giant darner or giant green darner.[4] The distribution range of Anax walsinghami includes Central America and North America.[3] At up to 120 mm (4.7 in) in wingspan and with a typical body length of 89–117 mm (3.5–4.6 in), it is North America's largest dragonfly,[2][5] although exceeded by the closely related giant Hawaiian darner (A. strenuus).[6]

The IUCN conservation status of A. walsinghami is least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[1][7]

References

Further reading

  • Garrison, Rosser W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1997). "Odonata". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders, 551-580.
  • Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle (1999). "A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56, 88.
  • Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

Wikidata ☰ Q2021859 entry