Biology:Dendroaeschna

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Short description: Genus of dragonflies

Wide-faced darner
Dendroaeschna conspersa1.jpg
Female Dendroaeschna conspersa Canberra Australia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Brachytronidae
Genus: Dendroaeschna
Tillyard, 1916[3]
Species:
D. conspersa
Binomial name
Dendroaeschna conspersa
(Tillyard, 1907)[2]
Dendroaeschna conspersa distribution map.svg

Dendroaeschna is a monotypic genus of Australian dragonflies in the family Brachytronidae.[4] The only known species of this genus is Dendroaeschna conspersa,[5][6] commonly known as a wide-faced darner.[7]

Dendroaeschna conspersa is a medium-sized, brown to black dragonfly with pale markings.[8] It is endemic to eastern Australia,[7] where it inhabits lowland streams.[9]

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Note about family

There are differing views as to the family that Dendroaeschna best belongs to:

  • It is considered to be part of the Brachytronidae family at the Australian Faunal Directory[4]
  • It is considered to be part of the Aeshnidae family in the World Odonata List at the Slater Museum of Natural History[6]
  • It is considered to be part of the Telephlebiidae family in The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia[7]

See also

  • List of Odonata species of Australia

References

  1. Dow, R.A. (2017). "Dendroaeschna conspersa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T163546A14258316. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T163546A14258316.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163546/14258316. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. Tillyard, R.J. (1907). "New Australian species of the family Aeschnidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31 (1906): 722–730 [727]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39342980. 
  3. 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 (222): 1–83 [42]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00253.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31596210. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Genus Dendroaeschna Tillyard, 1916". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Dendroaeschna. 
  5. "Species Dendroaeschna conspersa (Tillyard, 1907)". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Dendroaeschna_conspersa. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 146. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6. 
  8. 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 978-0643051362. 
  9. Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. pp. 238. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3. http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/publications/09730AustOdonata.pdf. 

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