Anax walsinghami

Anax walsinghami is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae (darners), in the suborder Anisoptera ("dragonflies").[1][2] The species is known generally as the giant darner or giant green darner.[3] The distribution range of Anax walsinghami includes Central America and North America.[2]

Anax walsinghami

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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A. walsinghami
Binomial name
Anax walsinghami
McLachlan, 1883

The IUCN conservation status of A. walsinghami is least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[4][5]

References

  1. "Anax walsinghami Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. "Anax walsinghami Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. "Anax walsinghami Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. "List of Endangered Species". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  5. "Odonata Central". Odonata Central, University of Alabama. University of Alabama. Retrieved 2018-01-18.

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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