Biology:Anax (dragonfly)

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Short description: Genus of dragonflies

Anax
Anax parthenope.jpg
Anax parthenope
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Anax
Leach, 1815[1]
Type species
Anax imperator
Leach, 1815
Madagascar emperor
male A. tumorifer

Anax (from Ancient Greek ἄναξ anax, "lord, master, king")[2] is a genus of dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae. It includes species such as the emperor dragonfly, Anax imperator.[3]

Anax spp. are very large dragonflies. They generally have light-colored bodies and dark tails with pale markings.[4]

Some species are migratory, for example Anax junius.

Species

The genus Anax includes these species:[5]

  • Anax amazili (Burmeister, 1839) – Amazon darner[6]
  • Anax aurantiacus Makbun, Wongkamhaeng & Keetapithchayakul, 2022
  • Anax bangweuluensis Kimmins, 1955 – swamp emperor[7]
  • Anax chloromelas Ris, 1911 – dark emperor[8]
  • Anax concolor Brauer, 1865 – blue-spotted comet darner[6]
  • Anax congoliath Fraser, 1953
  • Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839) – vagrant emperor[9]
  • Anax fumosus Hagen, 1867
  • Anax georgius Selys, 1872 – Kimberley emperor[10]
  • Anax gladiator Dijkstra & Kipping, 2015 – swordbearer emperor[11]
  • Anax gibbosulus Rambur, 1842 – green emperor[10]
  • Anax guttatus (Burmeister, 1839) – lesser green emperor[10]
  • Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842 – magnificent emperor[12]
  • Anax imperator Leach, 1815 – emperor dragonfly,[13] blue emperor[14]
  • Anax indicus Lieftinck, 1942 – elephant emperor[15]
  • Anax junius (Drury, 1773) – common green darner[6]
  • Anax longipes Hagen, 1861 – comet darner[6]
  • Anax maclachlani Förster, 1898
  • Anax mandrakae Gauthier, 1988
  • Anax nigrofasciatus Oguma, 1915 – blue-spotted emperor[16]
  • Anax panybeus Hagen, 1867
  • Anax papuensis Burmeister, 1839[17] – Australian emperor
  • Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839) – lesser emperor[13]
  • Anax piraticus Kennedy, 1934
  • Anax pugnax Lieftinck, 1942
  • Anax selysi Förster, 1900
  • Anax speratus Hagen, 1867 – orange emperor[18]
  • Anax strenuus Hagen, 1867 – giant Hawaiian darner, pinao[19]
  • Anax tristis Hagen, 1867 – black emperor, magnificent emperor[20]
  • Anax tumorifer McLachlan, 1885
  • Anax walsinghami McLachlan, 1882 – giant darner[6]

Taxonomic history

The genus Anax was described by William Elford Leach in 1815 when he published the first bibliography of entomology[citation needed] in Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopedia.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leach, W.E. (1815). "Entomology". in Brewster, David. Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. 9. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. pp. 57–172 [137] (in 1830 edition). https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17493627. 
  2. ↑ ἄναξ. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
  3. ↑ "Genus Anax Leach, 1815". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 9 October 2008. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Anax. 
  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. ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/north-american-odonata/. 
  7. ↑ Kipping, J.; Clausnitzer, V. (2018). "Anax bangweuluensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T60295A72307075. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T60295A72307075.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60295/72307075. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  8. ↑ Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Suhling, F. (2016). "Anax chloromelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T59810A72308494. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59810A72308494.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59810/72308494. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  9. ↑ Subramanian, K.A. (2016). "Anax ephippiger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T59811A72310087. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59811A72310087.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59811/72310087. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Theischinger, Gunther (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8. 
  11. ↑ "Anax gladiator Dijkstra & Kipping". PLAZI. http://plazi.cs.umb.edu/GgServer/html/03A25264CA47FF89EEE6FEA942FBFD6A. 
  12. ↑ "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. http://british-dragonflies.org.uk/content/uk-species. 
  14. ↑ Mitra, A. (2016). "Anax imperator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T59812A72311295. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59812A72311295.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59812/72311295. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  15. ↑ Anax indicus, Dragonflies and Damselflies of Thailand
  16. ↑ "Anax nigrofasciatus". The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity. http://bim.aseanbiodiversity.org/fob/speciesFinal/SpeciesSummary.php?idSpecies=315&idClass=15. 
  17. ↑ ABRS (2012-07-18). "Species Anax papuensis (Burmeister, 1839)". Australian Biological Resources Study. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Anax_papuensis. 
  18. ↑ Boudot, J.-P.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Schneider, W.; Samraoui, B. (2016). "Anax speratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T90669049A72313202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T90669049A72313202.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/90669049/72313202. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  19. ↑ "Anax strenuus". Hawaii Biological Survey. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/waipio/Critter%20pages/anaxstrenuus.html. 
  20. ↑ Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Anax tristis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T59814A72314386. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59814A72314386.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59814/72314386. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 

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