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Epitheca princeps

{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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| image = Epitheca princeps P1070292a.jpg

| genus = Epitheca

| species = princeps

| authority = Hagen, 1861

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Paulson, D.R. |year=2017 |title=Epitheca princeps |page=e.T50970816A65836259 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50970816A65836259.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

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

The IUCN conservation status of Epitheca princeps is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Epitheca princeps:

  • Epitheca princeps princeps Hagen, 1861
  • Epitheca princeps regina (Hagen in Selys, 1871)

References

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{{ITIS| taxon=Epitheca princeps| id=185985| accessdate=2019-09-24}}

{{Cite GBIF| taxon=Epitheca princeps| id=4302543 |accessdate=2019-09-24}}

{{Cite web| title=Epitheca princeps species Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/4057

| website=BugGuide.net

| accessdate=2019-09-24

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{{Cite web

| accessdate = 2019-07-02

| title = Odonata Central

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

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{{Cite web

| accessdate = 2019-07-02

| title = World Odonata List

| date = 2018

| publisher = Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound

| url = https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite book

| title = Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America with a list of the South American species

| date = 1861

| last1 = Hagen | first1 = Hermann

| publisher = Smithsonian Institution

| series = Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections| volume = 4

| doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.22092

| location=Washington

}}

  • {{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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  • {{Commons category-inline|Epitheca princeps}}

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Category:Corduliidae

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Category:Insects described in 1861

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