Epiaeschna Explained

Epiaeschna is a genus of darners in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae. 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)

Further reading

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