Oplonaeschna

Oplonaeschna is a genus of riffle darners in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae. There are about five described species in Oplonaeschna.[1][2][3][4][5]

Oplonaeschna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Aeshnidae
Genus:	Oplonaeschna Selys, 1883

Species

These five species belong to the genus Oplonaeschna:

• Oplonaeschna armata (Hagen, 1861) (riffle darner)
• Oplonaeschna lapidaria Cockerell & Counts
• Oplonaeschna magna González & Novelo, 1998
• † Aeschna metis (Heer, 1849)
• † Oplonaeschna staurophlebioides Henriksen, 1922

References

1. "Oplonaeschna Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Oplonaeschna". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Oplonaeschna genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
5. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 978-1560989592.
• Steinmann, Henrik (1997). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume II: Anisoptera. Das Tierreich. 111. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-014934-0.
• Needham, James G.; Westfall Jr., Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (2000). Dragonflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-0-945417-94-1.
• Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.