Gomphaeschna furcillata
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| image = Harlequin Darner - Gomphaeschna furcillata, Mason Neck State Park - 6287764458.jpg
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Gomphaeschna furcillata[https://bugguide.net/node/view/10612 bugguide.net] Gomphaeschna furcillata species information. is a dragonfly in the genus Gomphaeschna ("pygmy darners"), in the family Aeshnidae ("darner dragonflies"). A common name for Gomphaeschna furcillata is "harlequin darner".[http://eol.org/pages/984783/overview Encyclopedia of Life] Gomphaeschna furcillata species overview.
Gomphaeschna furcillata is found in North America. It is native to Canada and the Continental US.[https://www.itis.gov/ Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)]
The IUCN conservation status of Gomphaeschna furcillata is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List of Endangered Species]
[https://www.odonatacentral.org/ Odonata Central, University of Alabama]
References
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- American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
- Garrison, Rosser W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1997). Odonata. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders, 551-580.
- Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle (1999). A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56, 88.
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External links
- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?name=Gomphaeschna+furcillata NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Gomphaeschna furcillata]
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Category:Insects described in 1839
Category:Taxa named by Thomas Say
Category:Odonata of North America
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