Oplonaeschna | |
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Oplonaeschna armata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Aeshnidae |
Genus: | Oplonaeschna Selys, 1883 |
Oplonaeschna is a genus of riffle darners in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae. There are about five described species in Oplonaeschna. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
These five species belong to the genus Oplonaeschna:
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