Biology:Epitheca bimaculata

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Short description: Species of dragonfly

Epitheca bimaculata
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Male and female
Dvidėmė skėtė (Epitheca bimaculata) 20150530.jpg
Photographed in Lithuania
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Epitheca
Species:
E. bimaculata
Binomial name
Epitheca bimaculata
(Charpentier, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Libellula bimaculata Charpentier, 1825[2]

Epitheca bimaculata, the Eurasian baskettail[1] or two-spotted dragonfly, is a species of dragonfly. It was described by Toussaint de Charpentier in 1825 and initially placed in the genus Libellula. It is the type species of the genus Epitheca.

Distribution

Its habitat ranges from Western France to Japan and eastern Siberia.[1]

It has been found in Western Europe, but here it is "rare and seen very irregularly".[3] It has also been found in Serbia,[4] and Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.[5] Its occurrence in Hungary is "sporadic".[6] It also is found in Ukraine.[7]

Biology

It flies in May and June.[7]

Former subspecies

Two subspecies were recognized, but they were synonymized in 2004:[8]

  • Epitheca bimaculata sibirica (Selys, 1887)[9]
  • Epitheca bimaculata altaica Belyshev, 1951

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Boudot, J.-P. (2020). "Epitheca bimaculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T165482A140524274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T165482A140524274.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/165482/140524274. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. de Charpentier, Toussaint (1825), "Libellula bimaculata", Horae Entomologicae: Adjectis tabulis novem coloratis, Wratislavia: A. Gosohorsky, pp. 43–44, https://books.google.com/books?id=7CIVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA43 
  3. Martens, K. (1982). "New localities for Epitheca bimaculata (Charp.), with a review of its status in Western Europe (Anisoptera: Corduliidae)". Notulae Odonatologicae 1 (10): 157–159. http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/record/593285. 
  4. Jović, Miloš; Andjus, Ljiljana; Santovac, Svetozar (2009). "New data on some rare and poorly known Odonata species in Serbia". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum 2: 102–103. http://www.nhmbeo.rs/upload/documents/casopisi/Glasnik/Vol02/Bulletin%20Vol2%20-%20Jovic%20et%20al.pdf. 
  5. Buczyński, Paweł; Shapoval, Anatoly P.; Buczyńska, Edyta (2014). "Pantala flavescens at the coast of the Baltic Sea (Odonata: Libellulidae)". Odonatologica 43 (1/2): 5. http://wazki.pl/linkowane_publikacje/2014Odonatologica.pdf. 
  6. Jakab, T.; Müller, Z.; Dévai, Gy.; Tóthmérész, B. (2002). "Dragonfly assemblages of a shallow lake type reservoir (Tisza-tó, Hungary) and its surroundings". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 48 (3): 165. http://actazool.nhmus.hu/48/3/jakab.pdf. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Khrokalo, L. A.; Sheshurak, P. M. (2006). "Flight Seasonality of Dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) in Northeastern Ukraine". Vestnik Zoologii 40 (2): 148. http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/9430. 
  8. Kosterin, O. E. (2004). "Odonata of the Daurskiy State Nature Reserve area, Transbaikalia, Russia". Odonatologica 33 (1): 56–57. http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/record/592459. 
  9. de Selys-Longchamps, [E.] (1887). "Odonates de l'Asie Mineure, et révision de ceux de autres parties de faune paléarctique (dite européenne)". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 31: 59. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12279291. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q232693 entry