Galapagos Species Database
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Rhionaeschna galapagoensis
The Galapagos Darner
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Suborder
Anisoptera
Superfamily
Aesnoidea
Family
Aeshnidae
Genus
Rhionaeschna
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Aeshna galapagoensis Currie, 1901;
Origin: Endemic
- Cordero-Rivera, A. Encalada, A. C., Sánchez-Guillén, R. A., Santolamazza-Carbone, S., & Von Ellenrieder, N. (2016) The status of Rhionaeschna galapagoensis (Currie, 1901) with notes on its biology and a description of its ultimate instar larva (Odonata, Aeshnidae). Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 39(1), 45-63.
- Peck, S.B. (1992) The dragonflies and damselflies of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (Insecta: Odonata). Psyche 99(4): 309-321.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Rhionaeschna galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20237. Accessed 13 June 2026.