Cordulegaster obliqua

Cordulegaster obliqua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Odonata
Infraorder:Anisoptera
Family:Cordulegastridae
Genus:Cordulegaster
Species: C. obliqua
Binomial name
Cordulegaster obliqua
(Say, 1839)

Cordulegaster obliqua, the arrowhead spiketail, is a species of spiketail in the family of dragonflies known as Cordulegastridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

The IUCN conservation status of Cordulegaster obliqua is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[5][6]

Arrowhead spiketail, Cordulegaster obliqua

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Cordulegaster obliqua:

  • Cordulegaster obliqua fasciata Rambur, 1842 i c g
  • Cordulegaster obliqua obliqua (Say, 1839) i g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cordulegaster obliqua Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. 1 2 "Cordulegaster obliqua species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. 1 2 "Cordulegaster obliqua". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. 1 2 "Cordulegaster obliqua Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. ↑ "List of Endangered Species". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  6. ↑ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2018-04-30.

Further reading

  • Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691113647.
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Ball-Damerow, J.E.; Oboyski, P.T.; Resh, V.H. (2015). "California dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) database: temporal and spatial distribution of species records collected over the past century". ZooKeys. 482. doi:10.3897/zookeys.482.8453.
  • Dunkle, Sidney W. (2000). Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America. Oxford Press. ISBN 978-0195112689.
  • Needham, James G.; Westfall Jr., Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (2000). Dragonflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 0-945417-94-2.
  • Nikula, Blair; Loose, Jennifer L.; Burne, Matthew R. (2003). Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife.
  • Paulson, Dennis R.; Dunkle, Sidney W. (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. The University of Puget Sound.
  • Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 978-1560989592.
  • Steinmann, Henrik (1997). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian, eds. World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume II: Anisoptera. Das Tierreich. 111. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-014934-6.


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