Biology:Coryphaeschna

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Short description: Genus of dragonflies

Coryphaeschna
Blue-faced Darner (Coryphaeschna adnexa).jpg
Coryphaeschna adnexa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Coryphaeschna
Williamson, 1903

Coryphaeschna is a genus of pilot darners in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae. There are about 10 described species in Coryphaeschna.[1][2][3][4][5]

Coryphaeschna viriditas

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Coryphaeschna:

  • Coryphaeschna adnexa (Hagen, 1861) (blue-faced darner)
  • Coryphaeschna amazonica De Marmels, 1989
  • Coryphaeschna apeora Paulson, 1994
  • Coryphaeschna diapyra Paulson, 1994
  • Coryphaeschna huaorania Tennessen, 2001
  • Coryphaeschna ingens (Rambur, 1842) (regal darner)
  • Coryphaeschna longfieldae Kimmins
  • Coryphaeschna perrensi (McLachlan, 1887)
  • Coryphaeschna secreta Calvert
  • Coryphaeschna viriditas Calvert, 1952 (mangrove darner)

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 ☰ Q2097706 entry