Epiaeschna

Epiaeschna is a genus of darners in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae. A single extant species, E. heros, is known from eastern North America, in addition to six fossil species known from Eurasia, suggesting the genus had a much wider distribution in the past.

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Epiaeschna:

• Epiaeschna heros <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small> (swamp darner)
• †Epiaeschna gossi <small>(Campion, 1916)</small> (Middle Eocene of England)
• †Epiaeschna magnifica <small>(Martynov, 1929)</small> (Late Oligocene of Kazakhstan)
• †Epiaeschna pseudoheros <small>Nel & Petrulevicius, 2010</small> (Late Oligocene of France)
• †Epiaeschna stauropolitana <small>Martynov, 1927</small> (mid-Miocene of Crimea)
• †Epiaeschna matutina <small>(Zhang, 1989)</small> (Miocene of China)
• †Epiaeschna wisseri <small>Nel, Poschmann & Wedmann, 2020</small> (Late Oligocene of Germany)

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