''Anax walsinghami'' is a species of
dragonfly
A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threat ...
in the family
Aeshnidae
Aeshnidae, also called aeshnids, hawkers, or darners, is a family of dragonflies, found nearly worldwide, with more than 50 genera and over 450 species.
The family includes some of the largest dragonflies.
Description
Common worldwide or nearl ...
(darners), in the suborder Anisoptera ("dragonflies").
The species is known generally as the giant darner or giant green darner.
The distribution range of ''Anax walsinghami'' includes Central America and North America.
[ At up to in wingspan and with a typical body length of , it is North America's largest dragonfly,]IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status ...
conservation status of ''A. walsinghami'' is least concern
A least-concern species is a species that has been evaluated and categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wil ...
, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.
References
Further reading
* 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.
* Ross H. Arnett. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.
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Aeshnidae
Insects described in 1883