{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}} {{Speciesbox | image = Epitheca princeps P1070292a.jpg | genus = Epitheca | species = princeps | authority = Hagen, 1861 | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Paulson, D.R. |year=2017 |title=''Epitheca princeps'' |article-number=e.T50970816A65836259 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50970816A65836259.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | range_map = Epitheca princeps map.svg }}
'''''Epitheca princeps''''', the '''prince 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 princeps'' 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=ref01/><ref name=ref02/>
==Subspecies== These two subspecies belong to the species ''Epitheca princeps'': * ''Epitheca princeps princeps'' <small>Hagen, 1861</small> * ''Epitheca princeps regina'' <small>(Hagen in Selys, 1871)</small>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{ITIS| taxon=Epitheca princeps| id=185985| accessdate=2019-09-24}}</ref>
<ref name=gbif> {{Cite GBIF| taxon=Epitheca princeps| id=4302543 |accessdate=2019-09-24}}</ref>
<ref name=buglink> {{Cite web| title=''Epitheca princeps'' species Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/4057 | website=BugGuide.net | access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref>
<ref name=ref01> {{Cite web | access-date = 2019-07-02 | title = Odonata Central | url = https://www.odonatacentral.org/ }}</ref>
<ref name=ref02> {{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 book | title = Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America with a list of the South American species | date = 1861 | last1 = Hagen | first1 = Hermann | publisher = Smithsonian Institution | series = Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections| volume = 4 | doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.22092 | location=Washington }} * {{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}}
==External links== {{refbegin}} * {{Commons category-inline|Epitheca princeps}} {{refend}}
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Category:Corduliidae Category:Articles created by Qbugbot Category:Insects described in 1861 Category:Least concern biota of the United States
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