Cordulegaster diadema

Cordulegaster diadema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Cordulegastridae
Genus: Cordulegaster
Species:
C. diadema
Binomial name
Cordulegaster diadema
Sélys, 1868 [2]

Cordulegaster diadema, commonly known as the Apache spiketail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Cordulegastridae. The mature adult is usually 74-88 millimeters long.[3] It ranges from southwestern United States to Mexico and Costa Rica. The back of the head is yellow to brown with yellow to black hairs, though some have been reported with a black head with white hairs.[3] The first proximal segment of the legs are yellow. The thorax has two lateral stripes with a yellow stripe between them.

  1. ^ Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Cordulegaster diadema". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T164951A80682387. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T164951A80682387.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Cordulegaster diadema Selys, 1868". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Needham, James G.; Westfall, Minter J. (1954). A Manual of the Dragonflies of North America. University of California Press. ISBN 0520029135.