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]
| Gomphaeschna | |
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| Gomphaeschna antilope | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Aeshnidae |
| Genus: | Gomphaeschna Selys, 1871 |
Species
editThese 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
edit- ^ "Gomphaeschna Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Gomphaeschna". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Gomphaeschna genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "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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