Gomphaeschna furcillata
| Gomphaeschna furcillata[1][2] | |
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| Harlequin Darner | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Suborder: | Anisoptera
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| Species: | G. furcillata
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| Binomial name | |
| Gomphaeschna furcillata Say 1839
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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[]
- ^ a b bugguide.net Gomphaeschna furcillata species information.
- ^ a b Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life Gomphaeschna furcillata species overview.
- ^ IUCN Red List of Endangered Species
- ^ Odonata Central, University of Alabama
- 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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Categories:
- Aeshnidae
- Insects described in 1839
- Aeshnidae stubs