Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Robust Baskettail
Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
The species inhabits swampy woodland ponds
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.4 Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands
- 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
- 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Odonatoptera
()
- Order:
Odonata
()
- Fabricius, 1793
- Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Suborder:
Epiprocta
()
- Infraorder:
Anisoptera
()
- Superfamily:
Libelluloidea
()
- Rambur, 1842
- Family:
Corduliidae
()
- Kirby, 1890
- Subfamily:
Corduliinae
()
- Genus:
Tetragoneuria
()
- Hagen, 1861
- Specific name:
spinosa
- (Hagen in Selys, 1878)
- Scientific name: - Tetragoneuria spinosa (Hagen in Selys, 1878)
- Specific name:
spinosa
- (Hagen in Selys, 1878)
- Genus:
Tetragoneuria
(
- Subfamily:
Corduliinae
(
- Family:
Corduliidae
(
- Superfamily:
Libelluloidea
(
- Infraorder:
Anisoptera
(
- Suborder:
Epiprocta
(
- Order:
Odonata
(
- Superorder:
Odonatoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Epitheca spinosa
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 04-Aug-2008
Tetragoneuria combined with two other genera and all species
listed as Epitheca in many recent publications
.[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Tetragoneuria
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. canis (Beaverpond Baskettail) · T. spinosa (Robust Baskettail) · T. stella (Florida Baskettail)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A handbook of the dragonflies of North America, by James G. Needham and Hortense Butler Heywood, assisted by specialists in certain groups. Sringfield, Ill., Baltimore, Md., C.C. Thomas, 1929. url p. 181.
- Annual report / Entomological Society of Ontario. Toronto, The Society. url p. 104.
- Annual report of the New Jersey State Museum. Trenton, N.J.: MacCrellish & Quigley, url p. 81.
- Annual report of the New Jersey state museum. 1901-12, 1914. Trenton, New Jersey. [etc.]1902-15. url p. 79.
- Annual report of the Regents / Albany: J.B. Lyon, State Printer, 1890-1903. url , p. 431, p. 495.
- Bulletin - New York State Museum. Albany: New York State Education Dept. url , p. 431, p. 495.
- Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society. Milwaukee, The Society, [1900-1920] url p. 133.
- Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia[Entomological Rooms of the Academy of Natural Sciences] url , p. iv.
- Fauna of New England. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund, 1904-25. url p. 29.
- Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Lawrence, Kan.: Allen Press [etc.] url p. 23.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 4.
- Reports on aquatic insects. Albany, New York, Univ. of the State of N.Y., 1901-1905. url , p. 431, p. 495, p. 594.
- The Ottawa naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url , , p. 118, p. 58.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Paulson, D. R. 2009. Tetragoneuria spinosa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Illinois Natural History Survey
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2803131
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-4969
- IUCN ID: 245809
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2425331
Footnotes
- Paulson, D. R. 2009. Tetragoneuria spinosa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
