Heliaeschna fuliginosa

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Black-banded duskhawker
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Heliaeschna
Species:
H. fuliginosa
Binomial name
Heliaeschna fuliginosa
Karsch, 1893

Heliaeschna fuliginosa (black-banded duskhawker) is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. [2] It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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References

  1. Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2010). "Heliaeschna fuliginosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T59889A12044296. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T59889A12044296.en .
  2. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson (3 September 2016). "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 18 September 2016.