Dendroaeschna

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Wide-faced darner
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Female Dendroaeschna conspersa Canberra Australia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Brachytronidae
Genus: Dendroaeschna
Tillyard, 1916 [2]
Species:
D. conspersa
Binomial name
Dendroaeschna conspersa
(Tillyard, 1907) [3]
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Dendroaeschna is a monotypic genus of Australian dragonflies in the family Brachytronidae. [4] The only known species of this genus is Dendroaeschna conspersa, [5] [6] commonly known as a wide-faced darner. [7]

Contents

Dendroaeschna conspersa is a medium-sized, brown to black dragonfly with pale markings. [8] It is endemic to eastern Australia, [7] where it inhabits lowland streams. [9]

Note about family

There are differing views as to the family that Dendroaeschna best belongs to:

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References

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  2. Tillyard, R.J. (1916). "Life-histories and descriptions of Australian Aeschninae, with a description of a new form of Telephlebia by Herbert Campion". Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 33 (222): 1–83 [42]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00253.x via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Tillyard, R.J. (1907). "New Australian species of the family Aeschnidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 31 (1906): 722–730 [727] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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