Epitheca
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| Epitheca | |
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| Common baskettail | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Corduliidae |
| Subfamily: | Corduliinae |
| Genus: | Epitheca Burmeister, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Libellula bimaculata Charpentier, 1825
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Epitheca is a genus of dragonflies in the family Corduliidae. They are commonly known as baskettails. Baskettails' distinction is the specially adapted, upturned abdomen tip of the females which allows them to carry their egg masses in a small, orange-tinted globule.[1]
Some authorities spin off the North American baskettails into two new genera, Epicordulia and Tetragoneuria, but this has not gained widespread acceptance and most references place them under this genus.[2]
Species
[edit | edit source]The genus contains the following species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Epitheca bimaculata (Charpentier, 1825) | Eurasian baskettail | Serbia and Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, Ukraine |
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Epitheca canis (McLachlan, 1886) | beaverpond baskettail | Canada and northern United States. |
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Epitheca costalis (Selys, 1871) | slender baskettail or stripe-winged baskettail | eastern and southern United States |
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Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840) | common baskettail | eastern and southern United States |
| Epitheca marginata (Selys, 1883) | China, Korea, Japan | ||
| File:Dot-winged Baskettail Epitheca petechialis 2009-03-29.jpg | Epitheca petechialis (Muttkowski, 1911) | dot-winged baskettail | South central United States |
| File:Epitheca princeps1.jpg | Epitheca princeps Hagen, 1861 | prince baskettail | midwestern and eastern United States. |
| File:Epitheca semiaquea bradyreed 30510606.jpg | Epitheca semiaquea (Burmeister, 1839) | mantled baskettail | eastern United States. |
| File:Epitheca sepia.jpg | Epitheca sepia (Gloyd, 1933) | sepia baskettail | North America |
| File:Spiny-baskettail-teneral.jpg | Epitheca spinigera (Selys, 1871) | spiny baskettail | northern United States and southern Canada |
| Epitheca spinosa (Hagen in Selys, 1878) | robust baskettail | eastern United States. | |
| File:Epitheca stella.jpg | Epitheca stella (Williamson in Muttkowski, 1911) | Florida baskettail | Florida |
Notes
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References
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- Genus Epitheca - Baskettails, BugGuide
- Image of female baskettail sp. with egg mass on tip of tail
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