Zosteraeschna

Zosteraeschna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Aeshnidae
Subfamily:	Aeshninae
Genus:	Zosteraeschna; Peters & Theischinger, 2011
Species
	See text.

Zosteraeschna is the scientific name of a genus of dragonflies from the family Aeshnidae.^[1] These relatively large dragonflies are also known as hawkers. They are dark brown with yellow-green markings; On the abdomens of the males, much of the top of S2 and base of S3 are blue.^[2]

Species

The genus Zosteraeschna includes the following species:^[1]

Zosteraeschna ellioti (Kirby, 1896)
Zosteraeschna minuscula (MacLachlan, 1896)
Zosteraeschna usambarica (Förster, 1906)

Some authorities treat Zosteraeschna usambarica as a subspecies of Zosteraeschna ellioti.^[2]

References

1 2 Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". www.pugetsound.edu/. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
1 2 Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Clausnitzer, V. (2014). The dragonflies and damselflies of eastern Africa. Tervuren: Royal Museum for Central Africa. ISBN 978-94-916-1506-1.

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[Schorr2015-1] 1 2 Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". www.pugetsound.edu/. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 24 June 2015.

[Dijkstra_&_Clausnitzer_2014-2] 1 2 Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Clausnitzer, V. (2014). The dragonflies and damselflies of eastern Africa. Tervuren: Royal Museum for Central Africa. ISBN 978-94-916-1506-1.