Notoaeschna

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Aeshnoidea

Familia: Aeshnidae
Subfamilia: Brachytroninae
Tribus: Brachytronini
Genus: Notoaeschna
Species: N. geminata – N. sagittata
Name
Notoaeschna Tillyard, 1916

Notoaeschna is a genus of dragonflies in the family Telephlebiidae,[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

See also

List of Odonata species of Australia

References

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.
Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 17 March 2017.