Paddle-tailed darner | |
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Male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Aeshnidae |
Genus: | Aeshna |
Species: | A. palmata
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Binomial name | |
Aeshna palmata
Hagen, 1856
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The paddle-tailed darner (Aeshna palmata) is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. It is common throughout western Canada and United States. [2] [3] This species is named after its distinctive paddle-shaped appendages. It lives in many habitats, particularly lakes, ponds, and slow streams, usually with dense shore vegetation. [4] Aeshna palmata was scientifically described for the first time in 1856 by Hermann Hagen.