{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}} {{Speciesbox | image = Slender baskettail (25814394423) (cropped).jpg | genus = Epitheca | species = costalis | authority = (Selys, 1871) | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Paulson, D.R. |year=2017 |title=''Epitheca costalis'' |article-number=e.T50970469A80681424 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50970469A80681424.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> | synonyms = {{Species list | Tetragoneuria williamsoni | (Muttkowski, 1911) }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=itis/> }}
'''''Epitheca costalis''''', known generally as the '''slender baskettail''' or '''stripe-winged baskettail''', is a species of emerald dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It is found in North America.<ref name=itis/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=iucn/><ref name=buglink/>
The IUCN conservation status of ''Epitheca costalis'' is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.<ref name=iucn/><ref name=ref00/><ref name=ref01/>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{ITIS| taxon=Epitheca costalis| id=593049| accessdate=2019-09-23}}</ref>
<ref name=gbif> {{Cite GBIF| title=Epitheca costalis| id=4302542| accessdate=2019-09-23}}</ref>
<ref name=buglink> {{Cite web| title=''Epitheca costalis'' species Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/46335 | website=BugGuide.net | access-date=2019-09-23 }}</ref>
<ref name=ref00> {{Cite web | access-date = 2019-07-02 | title = Odonata Central | url = https://www.odonatacentral.org/ }}</ref>
<ref name=ref01> {{Cite web | access-date = 2019-07-02 | title = World Odonata List | date = 2018 | publisher = Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound | url = https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/ }}</ref> }}
==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite thesis | title = Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae | date = 2013 | last1 = Kalkman | first1 = V. J. | publisher = Leiden University | hdl=1887/22953 | hdl-access=free | type=PhD }} {{refend}}
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Category:Corduliidae Category:Articles created by Qbugbot Category:Insects described in 1871
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