Zoraena
| Zoraena | |
|---|---|
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| Zoraena maculata, Virginia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Cordulegastroidea |
| Family: | Cordulegastridae |
| Genus: | Zoraena Kirby, 1890 |
Zoraena is a genus in the dragonfly family Cordulegastridae. There are about nine described species in Zoraena, found in North America.[1][2][3]
Species
These species belong to the genus Zoraena:[3]
- Zoraena bilineata Carle, 1983 (brown spiketail)
- Zoraena diastatops (Selys, 1854) (delta-spotted spiketail)
- Zoraena dorsalis (Hagen in Selys, 1858) (Pacific spiketail)
- Zoraena erronea (Selys, 1878) (tiger spiketail)
- Zoraena maculata (Selys, 1854) (twin-spotted spiketail)
- Zoraena obliqua (Say, 1840) (arrowhead spiketail)
- Zoraena sarracenia (Abbott & Hibbitts, 2011) (sarracenia spiketail)
- Zoraena sayi (Selys, 1854) (Say's spiketail)
- Zoraena talaria (Tennessen, 2004) (Ouachita spiketail)
References
- ↑ "Catalogue of Life, Zoraena Kirby, 1890". Retrieved 2026-06-12.
- ↑ Schneider, Thomas; Vierstraete, Andy; Kosterin, Oleg E.; Ikemeyer, Dietmar; et al. (2024). "Molecular Phylogeny of the Family Cordulegastridae (Odonata) Worldwide". Insects. 15 (8). doi:10.3390/insects15080622. hdl:1854/LU-01KFJHS9FW1CB06PNZN48VN0M6. Retrieved 2026-06-12.
- 1 2 "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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