Biology:Gomphaeschna

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Short description: Genus of dragonflies

Gomphaeschna
Gomphaeschna antilope P1400423a.jpg
Gomphaeschna antilope
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Gomphaeschna
Selys, 1871

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

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Gomphaeschna:

  • Gomphaeschna antilope (Hagen, 1874) (taper-tailed darner)
  • Gomphaeschna carinthiae Schädel & Lechner, 2017
  • Gomphaeschna furcillata (Say, 1840) (harlequin darner)
  • Gomphaeschna danica Madsen & Nel, 1997
  • Gomphaeschna inferna Pritykina, 1977
  • Gomphaeschna miocenica Prokop & Nel, 2002
  • Gomphaeschna paleocenica Madsen & Nel, 1997
  • Gomphaeschna schrankii Lewis, 1988
  • Gomphaeschna sibirica Bechly & al., 2001

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 ☰ Q3168904 entry