Notoaeschna

Notoaeschna
	Notoaeschna sagittata mating pair
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Aeshnidae
Genus:	Notoaeschna; Tillyard, 1916

Notoaeschna is a genus of dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae,^[2] endemic to south-eastern Australia.^[3]

Species of Notoaeschna are large, dark brown to black dragonflies with yellow markings.^[4]

Species

The genus Notoaeschna includes the following species:^[5]

Notoaeschna geminata Theischinger, 1982 – northern riffle darner
Notoaeschna sagittata (Martin, 1901) – southern riffle darner

Etymology

The genus name Notoaeschna is derived from the Greek νότος (notos, "south" or "the south wind"), combined with -aeschna, a suffix commonly used for dragonflies associated with the Aeshna group. The name refers to a southern representative of that group.^[1]^[6]

References

1 2 Tillyard, R.J. (1916). "Life-histories and descriptions of Australian Aeschninae, with a description of a new form of Telephlebia by Herbert Campion". Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 33: 1–83 [58]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00253.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
↑ "Genus Notoaeschna Tillyard, 1916". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
↑ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
↑ 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.
↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
↑ Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.

[Tillyard_1916-1] 1 2 Tillyard, R.J. (1916). "Life-histories and descriptions of Australian Aeschninae, with a description of a new form of Telephlebia by Herbert Campion". Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 33: 1–83 [58]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00253.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[AFD-2] "Genus Notoaeschna Tillyard, 1916". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

[Field_Guide-3] Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.

[Watson_book_1991-4] 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.

[World_Odonata_List-5] Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.

[Endersby_&_Fliedner_2015-6] Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.

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Notoaeschna

Contents

Species

Etymology

See also

References

Notoaeschna

Notoaeschna sagittata mating pair
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Aeshnidae
Genus:	Notoaeschna Tillyard, 1916^[1]