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Notoaeschna sagittata mating pair | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Aeshnidae |
Genus: | Notoaeschna Tillyard, 1916 |
Notoaeschna is a genus of dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae, endemic to south-eastern Australia.
Species of Notoaeschna are large, dark brown to black dragonflies with yellow markings.
Species
The genus Notoaeschna includes the following species:
- Notoaeschna geminata Theischinger, 1982 – northern riffle darner
- Notoaeschna sagittata (Martin, 1901) – southern riffle darner
See also
References
- 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: 1–83 . doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00253.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- "Genus Notoaeschna Tillyard, 1916". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
- 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.
- Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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