Anax (dragonfly)
| Anax | |
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| Anax parthenope | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Aeshnidae |
| Genus: | Anax Leach, 1815[1] |
| Type species | |
| Anax imperator Leach, 1815 | |
Anax (from Ancient Greek ἄναξ anax, "lord, master, king")[2] is a genus of dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae. It includes species like the emperor dragonfly, Anax imperator.[3]
Anax are very large dragonflies. They generally have light-cloured bodies and dark tails with pale markings.[4]
Species
The genus Anax includes the following species:[5]
- Anax amazili (Burmeister, 1839) – Amazon darner[6]
- Anax bangweuluensis Kimmins, 1955 – swamp emperor[7]
- Anax chloromelas Ris, 1911 – dark emperor[8]
- Anax concolor Brauer, 1865 – blue-spotted comet darner[6]
- Anax congoliath Fraser, 1953
- Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839) – vagrant emperor[9]
- Anax fumosus Hagen, 1867
- Anax georgius Selys, 1872 – Kimberley emperor[10]
- Anax gladiator Dijkstra & Kipping, 2015 – Swordbearer emperor[11]
- Anax gibbosulus Rambur, 1842 – green emperor[10]
- Anax guttatus (Burmeister, 1839) – lesser green emperor[10]
- Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842 – magnificent emperor[12]
- Anax imperator Leach, 1815 – emperor dragonfly,[13] blue emperor[14]
- Anax indicus Lieftinck, 1942 – elephant emperor[15]
- Anax junius (Drury, 1773) – common green darner[6]
- Anax longipes Hagen, 1861 – comet darner[6]
- Anax maclachlani Förster, 1898
- Anax mandrakae Gauthier, 1988
- Anax nigrofasciatus Oguma, 1915 – blue-spotted emperor[16]
- Anax panybeus Hagen, 1867
- Anax papuensis Burmeister, 1839[17] - Australian emperor
- Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839) – lesser emperor[13]
- Anax piraticus Kennedy, 1934
- Anax pugnax Lieftinck, 1942
- Anax selysi Förster, 1900
- Anax speratus Hagen, 1867 – orange emperor[18]
- Anax strenuus Hagen, 1867 – giant Hawaiian darner, pinao[19]
- Anax tristis Hagen, 1867 – black emperor, magnificent emperor[20]
- Anax tumorifer McLachlan, 1885
- Anax walsinghami McLachlan, 1882 – giant darner[6]
Notes
The genus Anax was described by William Elford Leach in 1815 when he published the first bibliography of entomology in Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopedia.[1]
References
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- 1 2 Leach, W.E. (1815). "Entomology". In Brewster, David. Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. 9. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. pp. 57-172 [137] (in 1830 edition) – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ ἄναξ. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
- ↑ "Genus Anax Leach, 1815". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 9 October 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ↑ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.
- ↑ Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 3 Oct 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ↑ Suhling, F. (2006). "Anax bangweuluensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 Aug 2010.
- ↑ Suhling, F. & Clausnitzer, V. (2008). "Anax chloromelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 Aug 2010.
- ↑ Clausnitzer, V. (2008). "Anax ephippiger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 Aug 2010.
- 1 2 3 Theischinger, Gunther (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
- ↑ "Anax gladiator Dijkstra & Kipping". PLAZI. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ↑ "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- 1 2 "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ↑ Clausnitzer, V. (2006). "Anax imperator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 Aug 2010.
- ↑ Anax indicus, Dragonflies and Damselflies of Thailand
- ↑ "Anax nigrofasciatus". The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ↑ ABRS (2012-07-18). "Species Anax papuensis (Burmeister, 1839)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
- ↑ Clausnitzer, V. (2006). "Anax speratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 Aug 2010.
- ↑ "Anax strenuus". Hawaii Biological Survey. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ↑ Clausnitzer, V. (2006). "Anax tristis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 Aug 2010.
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