Spiny Baskettail

Spiny Baskettail
Teneral Spiny Baskettail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Epitheca
Species: E. spinigera
Binomial name
Epitheca spinigera
(Selys, 1871) [1]
Synonyms

Tetragoneuria spinigera [1]

The Spiny Baskettail (Epitheca spinigera) is a dragonfly of the Corduliidae family. Flight season is not May to September, but mainly early spring.[2]

Etymology

The scientific name, spinigera, means spine-bearing. The males have a sharp looking spine that points downward from the cerci (at the end of the abdomen).[3] The spine may be absent on rare occasions.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Epitheca spinigera". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=185987. 
  2. ^ a b Dunkle, Sidney W. (2000). Dragonflies Through Binoculars. Oxford University Press. pp. 145–146. ISBN 0195112687. 
  3. ^ Paulson, Dennis R; Dunkle, Sidney W (14 April 2009). A Checklist of North American Odonata. p. 50. 

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