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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Aeshnidae |
| Genus: | Anax |
| Species: | A. walsinghami
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| Anax walsinghami McLachlan, 1883
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Anax walsinghami is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae (darners), in the suborder Anisoptera ("dragonflies").[2][3] The species is known generally as the giant darner or giant green darner.[4] The distribution range of Anax walsinghami includes Central America and North America.[3] At up to 120 mm (4.7 in) in wingspan and with a typical body length of 89–117 mm (3.5–4.6 in), it is North America's largest dragonfly,[2][5] although exceeded by the closely related giant Hawaiian darner (A. strenuus).[6]
The IUCN conservation status of A. walsinghami is least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[1][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Anax walsinghami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T50959519A80684340. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50959519A80684340.en. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ a b "Anax walsinghami Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ a b "Anax walsinghami". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ "Giant Darner Anax walsinghami McLachlan 1883". The Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ Roberson, D. (10 March 2007). "Giant Darner Anax walsinghami". Creagrus. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ Williams, F.X. (1936). "Biological Studies in Hawaiian Water-Loving Insects, PART I Coleoptera or Beetles, PART II Odonata or Dragonflies". Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. IX (2): 235–349.
- ^ "Odonata Central". Odonata Central, University of Alabama. University of Alabama. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
Further reading
[edit]- Garrison, Rosser W.; Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia, eds. (1997). "Odonata". Non-Holometabolous Orders. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4. Rockville MD: Entomological Information Services. pp. 551–580. ISBN 1-889002-04-6. OCLC 1422109394.
- Paulson, Dennis R.; Dunkle, Sidney W. (1999). A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution (PDF). Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. p. 88. Occasional Paper 56.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). "4. AESHNIDAE (Darner Family)". American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. pp. 124–.