Epiaeschna
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''Epiaeschna'' is a genus of
darner 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 nearly ...
s in the
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 ...
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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 ...
. There are about seven described species in ''Epiaeschna''.


Species

These seven species belong to the genus ''Epiaeschna'': * '' Epiaeschna heros'' (Fabricius, 1798) (swamp darner) * † '' Epiaeschna pseudoheros'' Nel & Petrulevicius, 2010 * † '' Epacantha magnifica'' (Martynov, 1929) * † '' Epiaeschna stauropolitana'' Martynov, 1927 * † '' Mediaeschna lucida'' (Zhang, 1989) * † '' Mediaeschna matutina'' (Zhang, 1989) * † '' Triaeschna gossi'' (Campion, 1916)


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External links

* Aeshnidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{Aeshnidae-stub