Oplonaeschna Explained

Oplonaeschna is a genus of riffle darners in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae. There are about five described species in Oplonaeschna.

Species

These five species belong to the genus Oplonaeschna:

• Oplonaeschna armata (Hagen, 1861) (riffle darner)
• Oplonaeschna magna González & Novelo, 1998
• † Oplonaeschna lapidaria Cockerell & Counts
• † Aeschna metis (Heer, 1849)
• † Oplonaeschna staurophlebioides Henriksen, 1922

Further reading

• Book: Dragonflies of the World. 2001. Silsby. Jill. Smithsonian Institution Press. 978-1560989592. registration.
• Book: World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume II: Anisoptera. 1997. Steinmann . Henrik. Wermuth . Heinz. Fischer . Maximilian. Walter de Gruyter. Das Tierreich. 111. 978-3-11-014934-0.
• Book: Dragonflies of North America. 2000. Needham . James G.. Westfall Jr. . Minter J. Jr.. May . Michael L.. Scientific Publishers. 978-0-945417-94-1.
• Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae. 2013. Kalkman . V. J.. Leiden University. 1887/22953. free. PhD.