Anaciaeschna

Anaciaeschna
Anaciaeschna isosceles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Anaciaeschna
Selys, 1878[1]

Anaciaeschna is a genus of dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae.[2] Species of Anaciaeschna are found in Africa, Asia and Australia.[3]

Anaciaeschna are large, tawny brown dragonflies. They are nomadic and crepuscular.[4]

  1. ^ Selys-Longchamps, Edmond (1878). "Odonates de la région de la Nouvelle Guinée". Mittheilungen aus dem K. Zoologischen Museum zu Dresden (in French). 3: 289–323 [317] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ "Genus Anaciaeschna Selys, 1878". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  3. ^ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
  4. ^ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.