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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae) » Pilot Darners (Coryphaeschna)

Genus Coryphaeschna - Pilot Darners

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Regal Darner - Coryphaeschna ingens Dragonfly - Coryphaeschna ingens Maybe a Regal Darner? - Coryphaeschna ingens Maybe a Regal Darner? - Coryphaeschna ingens Maybe a Regal Darner? - Coryphaeschna ingens Unknown Dragonfly - Coryphaeschna adnexa Unknown Dragonfly - Coryphaeschna adnexa Blue-Faced Darner - Coryphaeschna adnexa - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
Family Aeshnidae (Darners)
Genus Coryphaeschna (Pilot Darners)
Other Common Names
USE: The Odonata of North America for Common Names
USE: The Odonata of North America for Scientific Names
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dunkle(1) includes Malachite Darner (Remartinia luteipennis) in this genus, but it is treated differently by the DSA list (BugGuide's odonate standard).
Numbers
Dragonfly Society of the Americas includes three species in this genus.
Nearctica.com lists three species in genus.
Dunkle (1) lists four species in genus.
Identification
See Dunkle, p. 35, for description of genus. (1)
Range
Southern North America into neotropics. Dunkle (1) lists three species in southeastern US and one species in southwest.
Print References
Dunkle, pp. 35-37 describes all four species in genus. (1)
Works Cited
1.Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America
By Sidney W. Dunkle
Contributed by Cotinis on 29 May, 2004 - 10:40pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Nick Block
Last updated 18 November, 2008 - 7:55pm

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