Cordulegaster diadema

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Cordulegaster diadema
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Cordulegastridae
Genus: Cordulegaster
Species:
C. diadema
Binomial name
Cordulegaster diadema
Sélys, 1868  [2]

Cordulegaster diadema, commonly known as the Apache spiketail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Cordulegastridae. The mature adult is usually 74-88 millimeters long. [3] It ranges from southwestern United States to Mexico and Costa Rica. The back of the head is yellow to brown with yellow to black hairs, though some have been reported with a black head with white hairs. [3] The first proximal segment of the legs are yellow. The thorax has two lateral stripes with a yellow stripe between them.

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References

  1. Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Cordulegaster diadema". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T164951A80682387. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T164951A80682387.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Cordulegaster diadema Selys, 1868". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Needham, James G.; Westfall, Minter J. (1954). A Manual of the Dragonflies of North America. University of California Press. ISBN   0520029135.