Epitheca canis

{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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| image = Epitheca canis sdz456 39418371.jpg

| genus = Epitheca

| species = canis

| authority = (McLachlan, 1886)

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Paulson, D.R. |year=2017 |title=Epitheca canis |volume=2017 |page=e.T50970197A65836249 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50970197A65836249.en |access-date=22 April 2018}}

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Epitheca canis, the beaverpond baskettail, is a species of emerald dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It is found in North America.

The IUCN conservation status of Epitheca canis is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The [[population (biology)|

population]] is stable.

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References

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{{ITIS| taxon=Epitheca canis| id=102036| accessdate=2018-04-22}}

{{Catalogue of Life| title=Epitheca canis (McLachlan, 1886) | id = 6FY5K | accessdate=2018-04-22}}

{{Cite GBIF| taxon=Epitheca canis| id=4302538| accessdate=2018-04-22}}

{{Cite web| title=Epitheca canis Species Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/14917

| website=BugGuide.net

| accessdate=2018-04-22

}}

{{Cite web

| accessdate = 2018-04-22

| title = Odonata Central

| url = https://www.odonatacentral.org/

}}

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Further reading

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{{Cite thesis

| title = Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae

| date = 2013

| last1 = Kalkman | first1 = V. J.

| publisher = Leiden University

| hdl=1887/22953

| hdl-access=free

| type=PhD

}}

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External links

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Category:Corduliidae

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Category:Insects described in 1886

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