Epitheca stella

{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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| image = Epitheca stella.jpg

| genus = Epitheca

| species = stella

| authority = (Williamson in Muttkowski, 1911)

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Paulson, D.R. |year=2017 |title=Epitheca stella |page=e.T50978676A80694397 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50978676A80694397.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

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

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

References

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{{ITIS| title=Epitheca stella| id=593053| accessdate=2019-09-25}}

{{Cite GBIF| title=Epitheca stella| id=4302540| accessdate=2019-09-25}}

{{Cite web| title=Epitheca stella species Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/17819

| website=BugGuide.net

| accessdate=2019-09-25

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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 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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