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Aeshna Fabricius,1775, or the hawker dragonflies or (Am.) mosaic darners, is a genus from the family of darners (Aeshnidae).
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Descripton
The name 'Aeschna' has been used for a long time, but is now abandoned for the original name 'Aeshna'
These are relatively larger dragonflies. Their thorax and abdomen has a brown color, with blue or yellow stripes or spots on the thorax, and yellow, blue or green spots on the abdomen.
This genus has recently been split into Aeshna and Rhinoaeschna
Species
Genus Aeshna
- Aeshna absoluta Calvert, 1952
- Aeshna affinis : Southern Migrant Hawker
- Aeshna biliosa Kennedy, 1938
- Aeshna bonariensis Rambur, 1842
- Aeshna brevifrons Hagen, 1861
- Aeshna brevistyla
- Aeshna caerulea
- Aeshna canadensis Walker, 1908: Canada Darner.
- Aeshna clepsydra Say, 1839: Mottled Darner.
- Aeshna coerulea (Ström, 1783)
- Aeshna confusa Rambur, 1842
- Aeshna constricta Say, 1839: Lance-tailed Darner, Lance-tipped Darner
- Aeshna cornigera Brauer, 1865
- Aeshna crenata Hagen, 1856
- Aeshna cyanea : Blue Darner, Southern Aeschna
- Aeshna cyanida
- Aeshna decessus Calvert, 1953
- Aeshna deffini
- Aeshna diffinis Rambur, 1842
- Aeshna draco Racenis, 1958
- Aeshna dugesi Calvert, 1905
- Aeshna eduardoi Machado, 1984
- Aeshna elsia Calvert, 1952
- Aeshna eremita Scudder, 1866 : Lake Darner
- Aeshna furcifera
- Aeshna galapagoensis Currie, 1901
- Aeshna grandis
- Aeshna haarupi Ris, 1908
- Aeshna interrupta Walker, 1908 : Variable Darner
- Aeshna intricata Martin, 1908
- Aeshna jalapensis Wiiliamson, 1908
- Aeshna joannisi Martin, 1897
- Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758) : Sedge Darner
- Aeshna maita (Förster, 1909)
- Aeshna manni (Williamson & Williamson, 1930)
- Aeshna marchali Rambur, 1842
- Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805 : Migrant Hawker
- Aeshna mutata Hagen, 1861 : Spatterdock Darner.
- Aeshna nubigena De Marmels, 1989
- Aeshna pallipes Fraser, 1947
- Aeshna palmata Hagen, 1856 : Paddle-tailed Darner
- Aeshna pauloi Machado, 1994
- Aeshna peralta Ris, 1918
- Aeshna persephone Donnelly, 1961 : Persephone's Darner
- Aeshna psilus Calvert, 1947
- Aeshna septentrionalis Burmeister, 1839
- Aeshna sitchensis Hagen, 1861 : Zigzag Darner
- Aeshna subarctica Walker, 1908 : Subarctic Darner
- Aeshna tinti von Ellenrieder, 2000
- Aeshna tuberculifera Walker, 1908 : Black-tipped Darner.
- Aeshna umbrosa Walker, 1908 : Shadow Darner
- Aeshna variegata Fabricius, 1775
- Aeshna vazquezae Gonzalez, 1986
- Aeshna verticalis Hagen, 1861 : Green-striped Darner
- Aeshna vigintipunctata Ris, 1918
- Aeshna walkeri Kennedy, 1917 : Walker's Darner
- Aeshna williamsoniana Calvert, 1905
Genus Rhinoaeschna
- Rhinoaeschna californica Calvert, 1895 : California Darner
- Rhinoaeschna multicolor Hagen, 1861 : Blue-eyed Darner
Reference
Corbet, P. S. 1999. Dragonflies: Behavior and Ecology of Odonata. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, USA, 829pp.
External links
- California Darbers (http://www.sonic.net/~bigsnest/Pond/dragons/darners.html)