Cordulegaster obliqua: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Cordulegastridae
- Genus
- Cordulegaster
- Species
- Cordulegaster obliqua
- Scientific Name
- Cordulegaster obliqua
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cordulegaster obliqua
Cordulegaster obliqua, the arrowhead spiketail, is a species of spiketail in the dragonfly family Cordulegastridae. It is found in North America, often in clearings near small rivers and streams. The larvae can be found surviving in streams designated as intermittent, and may live up to 5 years before emerging as an adult in early summer.
The IUCN conservation status of Cordulegaster obliqua is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.
...Cordulegaster obliqua in languages:
- English
- Arrowhead Spiketail
- French
- cordulégastre oblique
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Cordulegaster amasina
- Cordulegaster bidentata
- Cordulegaster bidentata × buchholzi
- Cordulegaster bilineata
- Cordulegaster boltonii
- Cordulegaster brevistigma
- Cordulegaster buchholzi
- Cordulegaster charpentieri
- Cordulegaster cilicia
- Cordulegaster coronata
- Cordulegaster diadema
- Cordulegaster diastatops
- Cordulegaster dorsalis
- Cordulegaster erronea
- Cordulegaster helladica
- Cordulegaster heros
- Cordulegaster insignis
- Cordulegaster kalkmani
- Cordulegaster maculata
- Cordulegaster mzymtae
- Cordulegaster obliqua
- Cordulegaster parvistigma
- Cordulegaster picta
- Cordulegaster princeps
- Cordulegaster sarracenia
- Cordulegaster sayi
- Cordulegaster talaria
- Cordulegaster trinacriae
- Cordulegaster vanbrinkae
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