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 | |
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| Epiaeschna heros | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Aeshnidae |
| Genus: | Epiaeschna Hagen in Selys, 1883 |
Species
editThese 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
edit- ^ "Epiaeschna Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Epiaeschna". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Epiaeschna genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
edit- Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 978-1560989592.
- Steinmann, Henrik (1997). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume II: Anisoptera. Das Tierreich. Vol. 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
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