Anaciaeschna jaspidea
{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}
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|image=Anaciaeschna jaspidea by Manoj V Nair.jpg
|image_caption=Male
|image2=Female Rusty Darner imported from iNaturalist photo 20461844.jpg
|image2_caption=Female
|status=LC
|status_system=IUCN3.1
|taxon=Anaciaeschna jaspidea
|authority=(Burmeister, 1839){{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8223200|title=Handbuch der Entomologie|last=Burmeister|first=Hermann|publisher=T.C.F. Enslin|year=1839|location=Berlin|pages=805–862 [840]|language=la, de|volume=2|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}
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Anaciaeschna jaspidea{{World Odonata List}} is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae,{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Anaciaeschna_jaspidea|title=Species Anaciaeschna jaspidea (Burmeister, 1839)|date=2012|website=Australian Faunal Directory|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study|access-date=8 February 2017}} commonly known as the Australasian duskhawker{{Cite book|title=The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia|last1=Theischinger|first1=Günther|last2=Hawking|first2=John|publisher=CSIRO Publishing|year=2006|isbn=978-0-64309-073-6|location=Collingwood, Victoria, Australia|pages=148}} and Rusty darner.{{cite web|title=Anaciaeschna jaspidea Burmeister, 1839|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/226565|website=indiabiodiversity.org |publisher=India Biodiversity Portal |access-date=2017-02-10}} It is widely distributed from India through Australia to the Pacific.{{cite book |last1=K.A. |first1=Subramanian |last2=K.G. |first2=Emiliyamma |last3=R. |first3=Babu |last4=C. |first4=Radhakrishnan |last5=S.S. |first5=Talmale |title=Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India |date=2018 |publisher=Zoological Survey of India |isbn=9788181714954|pages=183–184}}
Description and habitat
Anaciaeschna jaspidea is a large brown dragonfly with blue eyes. Its thorax is reddish-brown, with two broad greenish-yellow stripes on each side. Wings are transparent with pterostigma, reddish-brown. Abdomen is reddish-brown, marked with azure-blue, white, and yellow. Abdomen segment 1 has a large pale yellow spot on each side. Abdomen segment 2 has white marks on the sides and azure-blue on the dorsum with a broad spot of reddish-brown on mid-dorsum. Abdomen segments 3 to 7 are brown on dorsum with black apical annules. Abdomen segments 8 to 10 are darker on dorsum with a pair of dorsal apical spots. Anal appendages are dark reddish-brown. Female appears similar to the male.{{Cite book|title=The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata |last1=Watson|first1=J.A.L.|last2=Theischinger|first2=G.|last3=Abbey|first3=H.M.|publisher=CSIRO|year=1991|isbn=0643051368|location=Melbourne}}{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1936|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3/page/n163 152]–154|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3}}
Anaciaeschna jaspidea is a crepuscular species, flies during dawn and dusk. It is common in marshes surrounded by woods where it breeds.{{cite book|title=Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata|last2=Endersby|first2=Ian|date=2009|publisher=Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW|isbn=978-1-74232-475-3|pages=190|last1=Theischinger|first1=Gunther}}
Gallery
Male Rusty Darner imported from iNaturalist photo 75922101.jpg | Male, Bengaluru, India
Female Rusty Darner imported from iNaturalist photo 92972816.jpg | Female, Bengaluru, India
Female Australasian Duskhawker imported from iNaturalist photo 13251122.jpg | Female, Atiu, Cook Islands
Anaciaeschna jaspidea female wings (34921264221).jpg|Female wings
Anaciaeschna jaspidea male wings (35052884175).jpg|Male wings
Note
The Australasian duskhawker, Anaciaeschna jaspidea, should not be confused with almost-similarly named Australian duskhawker, Austrogynacantha heterogena, a different species of Aeshnid dragonfly.
See also
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