Gomphaeschna furcillata

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Gomphaeschna furcillata[1][2]
Harlequin Darner - Gomphaeschna furcillata, Mason Neck State Park - 6287764458.jpg
Harlequin Darner
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Suborder:
Anisoptera
Family:
Genus:
Species:
G. furcillata
Binomial name
Gomphaeschna furcillata
Say 1839

Gomphaeschna furcillata[1] is a dragonfly in the genus Gomphaeschna ("pygmy darners"), in the family Aeshnidae ("darner dragonflies"). A common name for Gomphaeschna furcillata is "harlequin darner".[3] Gomphaeschna furcillata is found in North America. It is native to Canada and the Continental US.[2]

The IUCN conservation status of Gomphaeschna furcillata is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[4] [5]

References[]

  • American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
  • Garrison, Rosser W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1997). Odonata. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders, 551-580.
  • Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle (1999). A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56, 88.

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