Spiny baskettail

Spiny baskettail
Spiny baskettail, teneral male
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 late May to early July.[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. 1 2 "Epitheca spinigera". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 1 2 Dunkle, Sidney W. (2000). Dragonflies Through Binoculars. Oxford University Press. pp. 145–146. ISBN 0-19-511268-7.
  3. Paulson, Dennis R; Dunkle, Sidney W (14 April 2009). "A Checklist of North American Odonata": 50.
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