Spiny baskettail

{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}} {{Speciesbox | image = Spiny-baskettail-teneral.jpg | image_caption = Spiny baskettail, teneral male | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Paulson, D.R. |year=2017 |title=''Epitheca spinigera'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T50978657A65836269 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50978657A65836269.en |access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref> | genus = Epitheca | species = spinigera | authority = (Selys, 1871)<ref name="itis">{{ITIS |id=185987 |taxon=''Epitheca spinigera''}}</ref> | synonyms = ''Tetragoneuria spinigera''<ref name="itis"/> | range_map = Epitheca spinigera map.svg }}

The '''spiny baskettail''' ('''''Epitheca spinigera''''') is a dragonfly of the Corduliidae family. Flight season is late May to early July.<ref name="dunkle">{{Cite book |title=Dragonflies Through Binoculars |last=Dunkle |first=Sidney W. |year=2000 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-511268-7 |pages=145–146}}</ref>

==Etymology== The scientific name, ''spinigera'', means spine-bearing. The males have a sharp looking spine that points downward from the cerci (at the end of the abdomen).<ref>{{Cite book | title = A Checklist of North American Odonata | last1 = Paulson | first1 = Dennis R | last2 = Dunkle | first2=Sidney W |date=14 April 2009 | page=50 }}</ref> The spine may be absent on rare occasions.<ref name="dunkle"/>

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==External links== * [http://bugguide.net/node/view/17816 Epitheca spinigera] on BugGuide.Net

Category:Corduliidae Category:Insects described in 1871