Aeshna grandis

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• Common Names
• Description
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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 82 meters (270 feet).[1]

Ecology: This species breeds in a wide range of calm waters, usually with rich bank-side or submerged vegetation , such as abandoned canals, oxbows and fenlands. Adults are often seen in forested areas. (Ref. 251788).

List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.2     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks   
  
•     5.3     Wetlands (inland) - Shrub Dominated Wetlands   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     5.6     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     5.8     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Aeschna linnaei Ander • Libellula flavipennis Retzius • Libellula nobilis O. F. Mnller

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 04-Aug-2008

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aeshna

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 33 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. affinis (Blue-Eyed Hawker) · A. caerulea (Azure Hawker) · A. californica (California Darner) · A. canadensis (Canada Darner) · A. clepsydra (Mottled Darner) · A. constricta (Lance-Tipped Darner) · A. dugesi (Arroyo Darner) · A. ellioti (Elliot's Hawker) · A. eremita (Lake Darner) · A. grandis (Brown Hawker) · A. interrupta (Variable Darner) · A. interrupta lineata (Variable Darner) · A. isoceles (Green-Eyed Hawker) · A. juncea (Sedge Darner) · A. minuscula (Friendly Hawker) · A. mixta (Migrant Hawker) · A. multicolor (Blue-Eyed Darner) · A. mutata (Spatterdock Darner) · A. palmata (Paddle-Tailed Darner) · A. persephone (Persephone's Darner) · A. psilus (Turquoise-Tipped Darner) · A. septentrionalis (Azure Darner) · A. sitchensis (Zigzag Darner) · A. subarctica (Subarctic Darner) · A. subpupillata (Stream Hawker) · A. tuberculifera (Black-Tipped Darner) · A. umbrosa (Shadow Darner) · A. umbrosa occidentalis (Shadow Darner) · A. umbrosa umbrosa (Shadow Darner) · A. verticalis (Green-Striped Darner) · A. viridis (Green Hawker) · A. walkeri (Walker's Darner) · A. williamsoniana (Williamson's Darner)

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Further Reading

• Biological series. TorontoUniversity Press [etc.]1898-1956. url p. 56, p. 71.
• British journal of entomology and natural history. [London]: British Entomological and Natural History Society, 1988- url , p. 179, p. 57.
• Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Odonata of the world / Charles A. Bridges. Urbana, Ill.: Charles A. Bridges, 1994. url p. 138.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 135, p. 231.
• Journal of Hymenoptera research. Washington, D.C.: International Society of Hymenopterists, [1992- url p. 36.
• Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. Philadelphia, American Entomological Society, 1916- url p. 18, p. 217.
• Proceedings and transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. London, British Entomological and Natural History Society. url p. 118, p. 61.
• The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. s.l., s.n. url p. 131, p. 17, p. 225.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Clausnitzer, V. 2009. Aeshna grandis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Release date: August 1, 2008
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• Finnish Museum of Natural History: Hatikka Observation Data Gateway
• GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
• NLBIF: Limnodata
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Biological Records Centre - Dragonfly and Damselfly (Odonata) records for Britain to 1992, from the former Dragonfly Recording Scheme
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre - Odonata Records for Wiltshire 1965 - 2002

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5043100
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-3204
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1428686
• IUCN ID: 189034
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 608501

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 79.780 based on 7,095 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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