Oplonaeschna
| Oplonaeschna | |
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| Oplonaeschna armata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Aeshnidae |
| Genus: | Oplonaeschna Selys, 1883 |
Oplonaeschna is a genus of riffle darners in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae. There are about five described species in Oplonaeschna.[1][2][3][4][5]
Species
[edit]These five species belong to the genus Oplonaeschna:
- Oplonaeschna armata (Hagen, 1861) (riffle darner)
- Oplonaeschna magna González & Novelo, 1998
- † Oplonaeschna lapidaria Cockerell & Counts
- † Aeschna metis (Heer, 1849)
- † Oplonaeschna staurophlebioides Henriksen, 1922
References
[edit]- ^ "Oplonaeschna Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Oplonaeschna". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Oplonaeschna 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.