Biology:Epiaeschna

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Short description: Genus of dragonflies

Epiaeschna
Epiaeschna heros P1170676a.jpg
Epiaeschna heros
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Epiaeschna
Hagen in Selys, 1883

Epiaeschna is a genus of darners in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae. There are about seven described species in Epiaeschna.[1][2][3][4][5]

Epiaeschna heros

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Epiaeschna:

  • Epiaeschna heros (Fabricius, 1798) (swamp darner)
  • Epiaeschna pseudoheros Nel & Petrulevicius, 2010
  • Epacantha magnifica (Martynov, 1929)
  • Epiaeschna stauropolitana Martynov, 1927
  • Mediaeschna lucida (Zhang, 1989)
  • Mediaeschna matutina (Zhang, 1989)
  • Triaeschna gossi (Campion, 1916)

References

Further reading

  • Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 978-1560989592. https://archive.org/details/dragonfliesofwor0000sils. 
  • Steinmann, Henrik (1997). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume II: Anisoptera. Das Tierreich. 111. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-014934-0. 
  • Needham, James G.; Westfall Jr., Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (2000). Dragonflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-0-945417-94-1. 
  • 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 ☰ Q1944349 entry