Wide-faced darner | |
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Female Dendroaeschna conspersa Canberra Australia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Brachytronidae |
Genus: | Dendroaeschna Tillyard, 1916[3] |
Species: | D. conspersa
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Binomial name | |
Dendroaeschna conspersa | |
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Dendroaeschna is a monotypic genus of Australian dragonflies in the family Brachytronidae.[4] The only known species of this genus is Dendroaeschna conspersa,[5][6] commonly known as a wide-faced darner.[7]
Dendroaeschna conspersa is a medium-sized, brown to black dragonfly with pale markings.[8] It is endemic to eastern Australia,[7] where it inhabits lowland streams.[9]
There are differing views as to the family that Dendroaeschna best belongs to: