Epitheca princeps

Species of dragonfly

Epitheca princeps

Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Odonata
Infraorder:  | Anisoptera
Family:  | Corduliidae
Genus:  | Epitheca
Species:  |

E. princeps

Binomial name
Epitheca princeps

Hagen, 1861

Epitheca princeps, the prince baskettail, is a species of emerald dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It is found in North America.[2][3][1][4]

The IUCN conservation status of Epitheca princeps is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.[1][5][6]

## Subspecies

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These two subspecies belong to the species Epitheca princeps:

* Epitheca princeps princeps Hagen, 1861
* Epitheca princeps regina (Hagen in Selys, 1871)

## References

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1. ^ a b c Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Epitheca princeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T50970816A65836259. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50970816A65836259.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ^ "Epitheca princeps". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. ^ "Epitheca princeps". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. ^ "Epitheca princeps species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
5. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
6. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

## Further reading

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* Hagen, Hermann (1861). Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America with a list of the South American species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 4\. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.22092.
* Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.

## External links

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* Media related to Epitheca princeps at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers

Epitheca princeps|

* Wikidata: Q3965552
* BioLib: 226936
* BOLD: 149438
* BugGuide: 4057
* CoL: 6FY5C
* EoL: 2764136
* GBIF: 4302543
* iNaturalist: 100215
* ITIS: 185985
* IUCN: 50970816
* NatureServe: 2.114450
* NCBI: 447978
* Observation.org: 88286
* Open Tree of Life: 414716

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