Aeshna grandis

• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,486 meters (0 to 4,875 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Aeschna linnaei Ander, 1953
2. Libellula flavipennis Retzius, 1783
3. Libellula nobilis O. F. Mnller, 1767

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: van Tol J., 07-Mar-2006

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aeshna

There are approximately 102 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. absoluta · A. affinis · A. annulata · A. arctica · A. athalia · A. biliosa · A. bonariensis · A. borealis · A. brevifrons · A. brevistyla subsp. brevistyla · A. caerulea · A. californica (California Darner) · A. canadensis (Canada Darner) · A. clepsydra (Mottled Darner) · A. coerulea · A. confusa · A. constricta (Lance-Tipped Darner) · A. cornigera · A. cornigera cornigera · A. cornigera planaltica · A. crenata subsp. crenata · A. crenata(Hagen · A. cyanea · A. decessus · A. diffinis · A. draco · A. dugesi (Arroyo Darner) · A. eduardoi · A. elisabethae · A. ellioti subsp. ellioti · A. elsia · A. eremita (Lake Darner) · A. frontalis · A. galapagoensis · A. gigas · A. grandis · A. haarupi · A. hudsonica · A. interna · A. interrupta subsp. interna (Variable Darner) · A. interrupta interna · A. interrupta interrupta · A. interrupta lineata (Variable Darner) · A. intricata · A. isoceles · A. isosceles · A. itatiaia · A. jalapensis · A. joannisi · A. juncea subsp. angustistyla (Sedge Darner) · A. juncea juncea · A. lineata · A. maita · A. manni · A. marchali · A. maritimus · A. meruensis · A. minuscula · A. mixta subsp. mixta · A. moori · A. multicolor (Blue-Eyed Darner) · A. mutata (Spatterdock Darner) · A. nigroflava · A. nubigena · A. ornithocephala · A. osiliensis · A. pallipes · A. palmata (Paddle-Tailed Darner) · A. pauloi · A. peralta · A. persephone (Persephone's Darner) · A. petalura subsp. petalura · A. psilus (Turquoise-Tipped Darner) · A. punctata · A. quadrifasciata · A. raphaeli · A. rileyi subsp. raphaeli · A. rufipennis · A. rustica · A. scotias · A. septentrionalis (Azure Darner) · A. serrana · A. serrata subsp. osiliensis · A. sitchensis (Zigzag Darner) · A. subarctica subsp. elisabethae (Subarctic Darner) · A. subarctica subarctica · A. subpupillata · A. tinti · A. tuberculifera (Black-Tipped Darner) · A. umbrosa subsp. occidentalis (Shadow Darner) · A. umbrosa occidentalis (Shadow Darner) · A. umbrosa umbrosa (Shadow Darner) · A. undulata · A. variegata · A. vazquezae · A. verticalis (Green-Striped Darner) · A. vigintipunctata · A. viridis (Green Hawker) · A. walkeri (Walker's Darner) · A. williamsoniana (Williamson's Darner)

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Further Reading

• Arsberattelse om Zoologiens Framsteg...till Kongl. Vetenskaps Akademien afgiven af Zoologiae Intendenterna. url p. 11.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- ENG url p. 135, p. 231.
• Entomologie analytique. Paris, Imp. de F. Didot, 1860. FRE url p. 731.
• Handbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie. Leitfaden bei academischen Vorlesungen und für Studirende. Jena, F. Mauke, 1859. GER url p. 294.
• Handbuch der zoologie: Nach der zweiten holländischen ausgabe. Leipzig: L. Voss, 1850-56. GER url p. 410, p. 806.
• Illustrierte Garten-Zeitung. Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart. GER url p. 72.
• Journal of Hymenoptera research. Washington, D.C.: International Society of Hymenopterists, [1992- ENG url p. 36.
• Memoires de l'Academie (Royale) des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres de Toulouse. url p. 34.
• Traité d'histologie de l'homme et des animaux. Tr. de l'allemand, par R. Lahillonne. Paris, Baillière, 1866. FRE url p. 206.
• Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. url p. 93.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• Finnish Museum of Natural History: Hatikka Observation Data Gateway
• GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
• NLBIF: Limnodata
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Biological Records Centre - Dragonfly and Damselfly (Odonata) records for Britain to 1992, from the former Dragonfly Recording Scheme
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre - Odonata Records for Wiltshire 1965 - 2002

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5043100
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-3204
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13764371
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 608501

Footnotes

1. Mean = 82.430 meters (270.440 feet), Standard Deviation = 79.780 based on 7,095 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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