Rhionaeschna

Rhionaeschna
R. multicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Aeshnidae
Genus:	Rhionaeschna Förster, 1909

Rhionaeschna is the scientific name of a genus of dragonflies from the family Aeshnidae. They are also known as blue-eyed darners and are mostly found in the Americas.

Species

The genus includes the following species: ^[1]

• Rhionaeschna absoluta (Calvert, 1952)
• Rhionaeschna biliosa (Kennedy, 1938)
• Rhionaeschna bonariensis (Rambur, 1842)
• Rhionaeschna brasiliensis (von Ellenrieder & Martins Costa, 2002)
• Rhionaeschna brevicercia (Muzón & von Ellenrieder, 2001)
• Rhionaeschna brevifrons (Hagen, 1861)
• Rhionaeschna californica (Calvert, 1895) – California darner ^[2]
• Rhionaeschna condor (De Marmels, 2001)
• Rhionaeschna confusa (Rambur, 1842)
• Rhionaeschna cornigera (Brauer, 1865)
• Rhionaeschna decessus (Calvert, 1953)
• Rhionaeschna demarmelsi von Ellenrieder, 2003
• Rhionaeschna diffinis (Rambur, 1842)
• Rhionaeschna draco (Rácenis, 1958) – arroyo darner ^[2]
• Rhionaeschna dugesi (Calvert, 1905)
• Rhionaeschna eduardoi (Machado, 1984)
• Rhionaeschna elsia (Calvert, 1952)
• Rhionaeschna fissifrons (Muzón & von Ellenrieder, 2001)
• Rhionaeschna galapagoensis (Currie, 1901)
• Rhionaeschna haarupi (Ris, 1908)
• Rhionaeschna intricata (Martin, 1908)
• Rhionaeschna itataia (Carvalho & Salgado, 2004)
• Rhionaeschna jalapensis (Williamson, 1908)
• Rhionaeschna joannisi (Martin, 1897)
• Rhionaeschna manni (Williamson & Williamson, 1930)
• Rhionaeschna marchali (Rambur, 1842)
• Rhionaeschna multicolor (Hagen, 1861) – blue-eyed darner ^[2]
• Rhionaeschna mutata (Hagen, 1861) – spatterdock darner ^[2]
• Rhionaeschna nubigena (De Marmels, 1989)
• Rhionaeschna obscura (Muzón & von Ellenrieder, 2001)
• Rhionaeschna pallipes (Fraser, 1947)
• Rhionaeschna pauloi (Machado, 1994)
• Rhionaeschna peralta (Ris, 1918)
• Rhionaeschna planaltica (Calvert, 1952)
• Rhionaeschna psilus (Calvert, 1947) – turquoise-tipped darner ^[2]
• Rhionaeschna punctata (Martin, 1908)
• Rhionaeschna serrania (Carvalho & Salgado, 2004)
• Rhionaeschna tinti (von Ellenrieder, 2000)
• Rhionaeschna variegata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Rhionaeschna vazquezae (González, 1986)
• Rhionaeschna vigintipunctata (Ris, 1918)

References

1. Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 11 August 2010.
2. "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.

• Rhionaeschna, ITIS Report
• Rhionaeschna, BugGuide