Adversaeschna

Adversaeschna
	Blue-spotted hawkers
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Aeshnidae
Genus:	Adversaeschna; Watson, 1992

Adversaeschna is a monotypic genus of large dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae.^[2] Adversaeschna brevistyla is the only known species of this genus which is found in Australia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island and some Pacific Islands.^[3]

Species

The genus Adversaeschna includes only one species:^[4]

Adversaeschna brevistyla (Rambur, 1842)

Etymology

The word Adversaeschna is a combination of two Latin words: adversus, meaning opposite in physical position; and aeschna, derived from the genus Aeshna named by Danish entomologist Johan Fabricius in 1775.^[5] Adversaeschna brevistyla was described by Tony Watson in 1992 as being taxonomically isolated from other dragonflies in the genus Aeshna.^[1]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Watson, J.A.L. (1992). "The affinities of Aeshna brevistyla (Rambur) (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae)". Odonatologica. 21 (4): 453–471 [470] – via natuurtijdschriften.nl.
^ "Genus Adversaeschna Watson, 1992". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ 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.
^ Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b Endersby, I. (2012). "Watson and Theischinger: the etymology of the dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) names which they published". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 145 (443 & 444): 34–53 [36]. doi:10.5962/p.146542. ISSN 0035-9173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[Watson_1992-1] Watson, J.A.L. (1992). "The affinities of Aeshna brevistyla (Rambur) (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae)". Odonatologica. 21 (4): 453–471 [470] – via natuurtijdschriften.nl.

[AFD-2] "Genus Adversaeschna Watson, 1992". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[Field_Guide-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.

[Odonata_list-4] Schorr, Martin; Paulson, Dennis. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[Endersby_2012-5] Endersby, I. (2012). "Watson and Theischinger: the etymology of the dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) names which they published". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 145 (443 & 444): 34–53 [36]. doi:10.5962/p.146542. ISSN 0035-9173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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