Rhionaeschna mutata

Rhionaeschna mutata
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Aeshnidae
Genus:	Rhionaeschna
Species:	R. mutata
Binomial name
Rhionaeschna mutata (Hagen, 1861)
Synonyms [2]
Aeshna mutata Hagen, 1861

Rhionaeschna mutata, the spatterdock darner, is a species of darner in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae. It is found in North America. ^{[2] [3] [1] [4]}

Spatterdock darners prefer ponds as their reproductive habitat. Specifically small, heavily vegetated, semi-permanent/ephemeral ponds that are fish-free with wooded riparian edges and sphagnum moss. ^[5]

The IUCN conservation status of Rhionaeschna mutata 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]}

References

1. Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Rhionaeschna mutata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T50967632A65836204. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50967632A65836204.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. "Rhionaeschna mutata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Rhionaeschna mutata". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. "Rhionaeschna mutata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
5. Schilling, Emily Gaenzle; Lawrenz, Ron; Kundel, Holly (July 2019). "An Assessment of the Geographic Distribution and Status of a Rare Dragonfly, Rhionaeschna mutata, at the Northwestern Edge of Its Range" . Northeastern Naturalist. 26 (3): 523–536. doi:10.1656/045.026.0305. ISSN   1092-6194. S2CID   199640195.
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.

Further reading

• Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD thesis). Leiden University. hdl: 1887/22953 .