Notoaeschna

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Notoaeschna
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Notoaeschna sagittata mating pair
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Notoaeschna
Tillyard, 1916 [1]
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Notoaeschna is a genus of dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae, [2] endemic to south-eastern Australia. [3]

Contents

Species of Notoaeschna are large, dark brown to black dragonflies with yellow markings. [4]

Species

The genus Notoaeschna includes the following species: [5]

See also

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References

  1. 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: 1–83 [58]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00253.x via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Genus Notoaeschna Tillyard, 1916". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 140. 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. Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 17 March 2017.