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Species of dragonfly
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
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
It flies in May and June.
[7]
Former subspecies
Two subspecies were recognized, but they were synonymized in 2004:
[8]
Epitheca bimaculata sibirica (
Selys , 1887)
[9]
Epitheca bimaculata altaica Belyshev, 1951
References
^
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 .
^ de Charpentier, Toussaint (1825),
"Libellula bimaculata " , Horae Entomologicae: Adjectis tabulis novem coloratis , Wratislavia: A. Gosohorsky, pp. 43–44
^ 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.
^ 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 .
^ 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.
^ 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.
^
a
b Khrokalo, L. A.; Sheshurak, P. M. (2006).
"Flight Seasonality of Dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) in Northeastern Ukraine" . Vestnik Zoologii . 40 (2): 148.
^ Kosterin, O. E. (2004).
"Odonata of the Daurskiy State Nature Reserve area, Transbaikalia, Russia" . Odonatologica . 33 (1): 56–57.
^ 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.
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