Biology:Cordulegaster diastatops

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Short description: Species of dragonfly

Cordulegaster diastatops
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Cordulegastridae
Genus: Cordulegaster
Species:
C. diastatops
Binomial name
Cordulegaster diastatops
(Selys, 1854)
Synonyms[1]
  • Zoraena lateralis (Scudder, 1866)

Cordulegaster diastatops, the delta-spotted spiketail, is a species of spiketail in the family of dragonflies known as Cordulegastridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

The IUCN conservation status of Cordulegaster diastatops is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[5][6]

Delta-spotted spiketail, Cordulegaster diastatops

References

Further reading

  • Paulson, Dennis R.; Dunkle, Sidney W. (1999). "A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution". Slater Museum of Natural History, Occasional Paper (56). https://www.academia.edu/9550095. 
  • Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2671648 entry