Cordulegaster diadema
| Cordulegaster diadema | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Cordulegastridae |
| Genus: | Cordulegaster |
| Species: | C. diadema |
| Binomial name | |
| Cordulegaster diadema Sélys, 1868 [2] | |
Cordulegaster diadema, commonly known as the Apache spiketail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Cordulegastridae. The mature adult is usually 74-88 millimeters long.[3] It ranges from southwestern United States to Mexico and Costa Rica. The back of the head is yellow to brown with yellow to black hairs, though some have been reported with a black head with white hairs.[3] The first proximal segment of the legs are yellow. The thorax has two lateral stripes with a yellow stripe between them.
References
- ↑ "Cordulegaster diadema". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ↑ "Cordulegaster diadema Selys, 1868". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Needham, James G.; Westfall, Minter J. (1954). A Manual of the Dragonflies of North America. University of California Press. ISBN 0520029135.