Epitheca
Sign in to saveEpitheca is a genus of dragonflies in the family Corduliidae. They are commonly known as baskettails. Baskettails' distinction is the specially adapted, upturned abdomen tip of the females which allows them to carry their egg masses in a small, orange-tinted globule.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOdonata
- FamilyCorduliidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded45,789
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- Dragonfly ran-4748 Epitheca cynosura.jpg
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- taxon name
- Epitheca
- Commons category
- Epitheca
- taxon common name
- Tweevlekken
- taxon author citation
- Charpentier, 1840
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