Triacanthagyna
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Triacanthagyna
Selys, 1883

Triacanthagyna is a genus of dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae. The species have large eyes and broad wings. The females have three prominent spines under the last abdominal segment which gives the genus its name. They are commonly known as three-spined darners.[1]

The genus contains the following species:[2]

  • Triacanthagyna caribbea Williamson, 1923 - Caribbean Darner[3]
  • Triacanthagyna dentata (Geijskes, 1943)
  • Triacanthagyna ditzleri Williamson, 1923
  • Triacanthagyna nympha (Navás, 1933)
  • Triacanthagyna obscuripennis (Blanchard, 1847)
  • Triacanthagyna satyrus (Martin, 1909)
  • Triacanthagyna septima (Selys in Sagra, 1857) - Pale-green Darner[1][3]
  • Triacanthagyna trifida (Rambur, 1842) - Phantom Darner[3]
  • Triacanthagyna williamsoni von Ellenrieder & Garrison, 2003

References

  1. 1 2 Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12281-4.
  2. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.


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