Epiaeschna heros

Epiaeschna heros
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Aeshnidae
Genus:	Epiaeschna
Species:	E. heros
Binomial name
Epiaeschna heros (Fabricius, 1798)

Epiaeschna heros, the swamp darner, is a species of darner in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae. It is found in eastern North America. ^{[2] [3] [1] [4]} It is the only extant member of the genus Epiaeschna , a genus that is well-represented in fossil specimens found in Eurasia, suggesting a wider distribution during the mid-Cenozoic. ^[5]

The IUCN conservation status of Epiaeschna heros is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017. ^{[1] [6] [7]}

Epiaeschna heros

The species has been witnessed feeding on Solenopsis invicta ants during nuptial flights. ^[8]

References

1. Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Epiaeschna heros". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T48790596A65836129. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T48790596A65836129.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Epiaeschna heros Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
3. "Epiaeschna heros". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
4. "Epiaeschna heros species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
5. Nel, André; Petrulevičius, Julian F. (2010-01-01). "Afrotropical and Nearctic genera of Odonata in the French Oligocene: biogeographic and paleoclimatic implications (Insecta: Calopterygidae, Aeshnidae)" . Annales de la Société entomologique de France. Nouvelle Série. 46 (1–2): 228–236. doi:10.1080/00379271.2010.10697662. ISSN   0037-9271.
6. "Odonata Central" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
7. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
8. Glancey, B. Michael (1981). "Two Additional Dragonfly Predators of Queens of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren". The Florida Entomologist. 64 (1). Florida Entomological Society: 194–195. ISSN   0015-4040. JSTOR   3494614 . Retrieved 2025-07-27.

External links

• Media related to Epiaeschna heros at Wikimedia Commons