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Epitheca bimaculata

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Epitheca bimaculata
Male and female
Photographed in Lithuania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Epitheca
Species:
E. bimaculata
Binomial name
Epitheca bimaculata
(Charpentier, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Libellula bimaculata Charpentier, 1825[2]

Epitheca bimaculata, the Eurasian baskettail[1] or two-spotted dragonfly, is a species of dragonfly. It was described by Toussaint de Charpentier in 1825 and initially placed in the genus Libellula. It is the type species of the genus Epitheca.

Distribution

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Its habitat ranges from Western France to Japan and eastern Siberia.[1]

It has been found in Western Europe, but here it is "rare and seen very irregularly".[3] It has also been found in Serbia,[4] and Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.[5] Its occurrence in Hungary is "sporadic".[6] It also is found in Ukraine.[7]

Biology

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It flies in May and June.[7]

Former subspecies

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Two subspecies were recognized, but they were synonymized in 2004:[8]

  • Epitheca bimaculata sibirica (Selys, 1887)[9]
  • Epitheca bimaculata altaica Belyshev, 1951

References

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  1. ^ a b c Boudot, J.-P. (2020). "Epitheca bimaculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T165482A140524274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T165482A140524274.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ de Charpentier, Toussaint (1825), "Libellula bimaculata", Horae Entomologicae: Adjectis tabulis novem coloratis, Wratislavia: A. Gosohorsky, pp. 43–44
  3. ^ Martens, K. (1982). "New localities for Epitheca bimaculata (Charp.), with a review of its status in Western Europe (Anisoptera: Corduliidae)". Notulae Odonatologicae. 1 (10): 157–159.
  4. ^ Jović, Miloš; Andjus, Ljiljana; Santovac, Svetozar (2009). "New data on some rare and poorly known Odonata species in Serbia" (PDF). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. 2: 102–103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  5. ^ Buczyński, Paweł; Shapoval, Anatoly P.; Buczyńska, Edyta (2014). "Pantala flavescens at the coast of the Baltic Sea (Odonata: Libellulidae)" (PDF). Odonatologica. 43 (1/2): 5.
  6. ^ Jakab, T.; Müller, Z.; Dévai, Gy.; Tóthmérész, B. (2002). "Dragonfly assemblages of a shallow lake type reservoir (Tisza-tó, Hungary) and its surroundings" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 48 (3): 165.
  7. ^ a b Khrokalo, L. A.; Sheshurak, P. M. (2006). "Flight Seasonality of Dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) in Northeastern Ukraine". Vestnik Zoologii. 40 (2): 148.
  8. ^ Kosterin, O. E. (2004). "Odonata of the Daurskiy State Nature Reserve area, Transbaikalia, Russia". Odonatologica. 33 (1): 56–57.
  9. ^ de Selys-Longchamps, [E.] (1887). "Odonates de l'Asie Mineure, et révision de ceux de autres parties de faune paléarctique (dite européenne)". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique. 31: 59.

Further reading

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