Epitheca spinosa

{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Epitheca

| species = spinosa

| authority = (Hagen in Selys, 1878)

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Paulson, D.R. |year=2017 |title=Epitheca spinosa |volume=2017 |page=e.T50978668A80694315 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50978668A80694315.en |access-date=5 May 2018}}

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

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

References

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{{ITIS| taxon=Epitheca spinosa| id=593052| accessdate=2018-05-05}}

{{Catalogue of Life| title=Epitheca spinosa (Hagen in Selys, 1878)| id=6FXSV | accessdate=2018-05-05}}

{{Cite GBIF| taxon=Epitheca spinosa| id=4302534| accessdate=2018-05-05}}

{{Cite web| title=Epitheca spinosa Species Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/763359

| website=BugGuide.net

| accessdate=2018-05-05

}}

{{Cite web

| accessdate = 2018-05-05

| 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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Category:Corduliidae

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Category:Insects described in 1878

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