Anaciaeschna

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Anaciaeschna
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Anaciaeschna isosceles
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Anaciaeschna
Selys, 1878 [1]

Anaciaeschna is a genus of dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae. [2] Species of Anaciaeschna are found in Africa, Asia and Australia. [3]

Anaciaeschna are large, tawny brown dragonflies. They are nomadic and crepuscular. [4]

Species

The genus Anaciaeschna includes the following species: [5]

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References

  1. Selys-Longchamps, Edmond (1878). "Odonates de la région de la Nouvelle Guinée". Mittheilungen aus dem K. Zoologischen Museum zu Dresden (in French). 3: 289–323 [317] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Genus Anaciaeschna Selys, 1878". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 148. ISBN   978 0 64309 073 6.
  4. Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN   0643051368.
  5. Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  6. "Norfolk Hawker". British Dragonfly Society . Retrieved 2011-05-27.
  7. Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. (2016). "Anaciaeschna triangulifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T59809A72307587. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59809A72307587.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.