IRMNG - Anax Leach, 1815

IRMNG taxon details

Anax Leach, 1815

IRMNG_ID

1268302 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1268302)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Aeshnidae Leach, 1815

Direct children (44)

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Species Anax amazili Burmeister, 1839
Species Anax bangweuluensis Kimmins, 1955
Species Anax chloromelas Ris, 1911
Species Anax concolor Brauer, 1865
Species Anax congoliath Fraser, 1953
Species Anax dubius Lacroix, 1921
Species Anax fumosus Hagen, 1867
Species Anax georgius Selys, 1872
Species Anax gibbosulus Rambur, 1842
Species Anax guttatus (Burmeister, 1839)
Species Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842
Species Anax imperator Leach, 1815
Species Anax indicus Lieftinck, 1942
Species Anax junius (Drury, 1773)
Species Anax longipes Hagen, 1861
Species Anax maclachlani Foerster, 1898
Species Anax mandrakae Gauthier, 1988
Species Anax nigrofasciatus Oguma, 1915
Species Anax panybeus Hagen, 1867
Species Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)
Species Anax piraticus Kennedy, 1934
Species Anax pugnax Lieftinck, 1942
Species Anax rutherfordi McLachlan, 1883
Species Anax selysii Foerster, 1900
Species Anax speratus Hagen, 1867
Species Anax strenuus Hagen, 1867
Species Anax tristis Hagen, 1867
Species Anax tumorifer McLachlan, 1885
Species Anax walsinghami McLachlan, 1883
Species Anax bacchus (Hagen, 1867) accepted as Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)
Species Anax congener Rambur, 1842 accepted as Hemianax papuensis (Burmeister, 1839)
Species Anax goliath Selys, 1872 accepted as Anax tristis Hagen, 1867
Species Anax goliathus Fraser, 1922 accepted as Anax guttatus (Burmeister, 1839)
Species Anax maculatus Rambur, 1842 accepted as Anax amazili Burmeister, 1839
Species Anax magnus Rambur, 1842 accepted as Anax guttatus (Burmeister, 1839)
Species Anax major (Götz, 1923) accepted as Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)
Species Anax marginope Baijal & Agarwal, 1955 accepted as Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
Species Anax maritimus Provancher, 1895 accepted as Aeshna canadensis Walker, 1908
Species Anax mauricianus Rambur, 1842 accepted as Anax imperator Leach, 1815
Species Anax parisinus (Rambur, 1842) accepted as Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)
Species Anax senegalensis Rambur, 1842 accepted as Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
Species Anax spiniferus Rambur, 1842 accepted as Anax junius (Drury, 1773)
Species Anax striatus Kirby, 1889 accepted as Allopetalia reticulosa (Selys, 1873)
Species Anax validus Hagen, 1875 accepted as Anax walsinghami McLachlan, 1883

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Leach, W.E. (1815). Entomology. Pp. 57-172 in: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Volume IX. William Blackwood, Edinburgh., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17493547
page(s): 137 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2022). Anax Leach, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1268302 on 2024-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (7)

original description Leach, W.E. (1815). Entomology. Pp. 57-172 in: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Volume IX. William Blackwood, Edinburgh., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17493547
page(s): 137 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record SN2000/Pinhey, 1982 [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Pinhey, 1982 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]