{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Epitheca | species = spinosa | authority = (Hagen in Selys, 1878) | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Paulson, D.R. |year=2017 |title=''Epitheca spinosa'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T50978668A80694315 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50978668A80694315.en |access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref> }}
'''''Epitheca spinosa''''', the '''robust baskettail''', is a species of emerald dragonfly in the family Corduliidae.<ref name=itis/><ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugref/> It is found in North America.<ref name=itis/>
The IUCN conservation status of ''Epitheca spinosa'' is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.<ref name=iucn/><ref name=xcit4/>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{ITIS| taxon=Epitheca spinosa| id=593052| accessdate=2018-05-05}}</ref> <ref name=catlife> {{Catalogue of Life| title=''Epitheca spinosa'' (Hagen in Selys, 1878)| id=6FXSV | accessdate=2018-05-05}}</ref> <ref name=gbif> {{Cite GBIF| taxon=Epitheca spinosa| id=4302534| accessdate=2018-05-05}}</ref>
<ref name=bugref> {{Cite web| title=''Epitheca spinosa'' Species Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/763359 | website=BugGuide.net | access-date=2018-05-05 }}</ref> <ref name=xcit4> {{Cite web | access-date = 2018-05-05 | title = Odonata Central | url = https://www.odonatacentral.org/ }}</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 1878
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