Aeshna juncea

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

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 853 meters (0 to 2,799 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Aeschna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

• A handbook of the dragonflies of North America, by James G. Needham and Hortense Butler Heywood, assisted by specialists in certain groups. Sringfield, Ill., Baltimore, Md., C.C. Thomas, 1929. ENG url p. 148.
• Annual report / Entomological Society of Ontario. Toronto, The Society. ENG url p. 125, p. 44.
• Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin. GER url p. 380, p. 380.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- ENG url p. 199, p. 234.
• Fauna of New England. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund, 1904-25. ENG url p. 23.
• Guide to the insects of Connecticut, prepared under the direction of Wilton Everett Britton Hartford, Printed for The State Geological and Natural History Survey, 1911-27. ENG url p. 183.
• Proceedings and transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. Délibérations et mémoires de la Société royale du Canada. Ottawa [etc.]Société royale du Canada. FRE url p. 145.
• The Canadian entomologist. Ottawa [etc.]Entomological Society of Canada [etc.] ENG url p. 13, p. 391, p. 451.
• The Great Basin naturalist. Provo, Utah, M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University. ENG url p. 98.

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.
• Catalogue of the Odonata of the World, 1.2, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 14, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 14, 2007:

• UK National Biodiversity Network, Biological Records Centre - Dragonfly and Damselfly
• records for Britain to 1992, from the former Dragonfly Recording Scheme
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Scottish Borders Biological Records Centre - SWT Scottish Borders Local Wildlife Site Survey data 1996-2000 - species information
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre - Odonata Records for Wiltshire 1965 - 2002

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2605683
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-8100
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13764371
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 185981
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IIODO14080
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 15312

Footnotes

1. Mean = 144.200 meters (473.097 feet), Standard Deviation = 171.430 based on 5,574 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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