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Anax parthenope (Lesser Emperor)

Synonyms: Aeschna parthenope; Aeshna parthenope (homotypic); Anax bacchus; Anax major; Anax parisinus

Wikipedia Abstract

Anax parthenope, the lesser emperor, is a dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae. It is found in Southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia.
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Infraspecies

Anax parthenope geyri
Anax parthenope jordansi
Anax parthenope julius
Anax parthenope parthenope

Attributes

Speed [1]  18.007 MPH (8.05 m/s)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central & Western Europe Austria, Belgium, Byelarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom Palearctic Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands    

Protected Areas

Predators

Merops apiaster (European Bee-eater)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pleurogenoides medians[3]
Prosotocus confusus[3]
Prosthogonimus cuneatus[3]
Prosthogonimus ovatus[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Wikipedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
♦ 2Krebs, J. R., & Avery, M. I. (1985). Central place foraging in the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster. The Journal of Animal Ecology, 459-472.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0