Capung Anax longipes - Comet Darner

Capung comet darner (Anax longipes) betina (atas) dan jantan (bawah).

Capung Anax longipes (Comet Darner) mempunyai panjang badan mencapai total 81 mm.

Dinamakan capung Comet Darner karena warna perutnya yang merah dengan kepala dan thorak berwarna hijau yang terlihat seperti komet saat capung ini terbang diantara tanaman dan air ketika sedang mencari makan.

Capung ini dapat ditemukan dari Brazil sampai ke Massachusetts di timur laut Amerika.

Klasifikasi Ilmiah Capung Anax longipes - Comet Darner

Domain Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 – eukaryotes ( lifeforms with nucletic cells)

(unranked) Unikonta

(unranked) Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987

(unranked) Holozoa – Lang et al. 2002

(unranked) Filozoa

Kingdom Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 (or Metazoa) – animals

Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 

(unranked) Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 – bilaterians (animals having a bilateral symmetry,  i.e. they have a front and a back end, as well as an upside and downside)

(unranked) Nephrozoa

(unranked) Protostomia Gobben, 1908 – protostomes ("mouth first")

Superphylum Ecdysozoa A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans

Phylum Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 – arthropods (invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and jointed appendages (insects, chelicerata, crustaceans, and myriapods))

Subphylum Hexapoda Latreille, 1825 – “six legs”

Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 – insects ("cut into sections")

(unranked) Dicondylia

Subclass Pterygota lang, 1888

Infraclass Palaeoptera (disputed) Martynov, 1923 - probably paraphyletic

Superorder Odonatoptera Martynov, 1923

Order Odonata Fabricius, 1793 – dragonflies and damselflies

Suborder Epiprocta Lohmann, 1996 - dragonflies

Infraorder Anisoptera Selys, 1854

Family Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842 - hawkers or darners

Genus Anax Leach, 1815 - Green Darners

Species A. longipes

Binomal/Scientific name: Anax longipes Hagen, 1861 – comet darner

Spesies capung green darners dari genus Anax:

• Anax amazili (Burmeister, 1839) – Amazon Darner
• Anax bangweuluensis Kimmins, 1955 – Swamp Emperor
• Anax chloromelas Ris, 1911 – Dark Emperor
• Anax concolor Brauer, 1865 – Blue-spotted Comet Darner
• Anax congoliath Fraser, 1953
• Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839) – Vagrant Emperor
• Anax fumosus Hagen, 1867
• Anax georgius Selys, 1872 – Kimberley Emperor
• Anax gibbosulus Rambur, 1842 – Green Emperor
• Anax guttatus (Burmeister, 1839) – Lesser Green Emperor
• Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842 – Magnificent Emperor
• Anax imperator Leach, 1815 – Emperor Dragonfly, Blue Emperor
• Anax indicus Lieftinck, 1942 – Elephant Emperor^{[citation needed]}
• Anax junius (Drury, 1773) – Common Green Darner
• Anax longipes Hagen, 1861 – Comet Darner
• Anax maclachlani Förster, 1898
• Anax mandrakae Gauthier, 1988
• Anax nigrofasciatus Oguma, 1915 – Blue-spotted Emperor
• Anax panybeus Hagen, 1867
• Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839) – Lesser Emperor
• Anax piraticus Kennedy, 1934
• Anax pugnax Lieftinck, 1942
• Anax selysi Förster, 1900
• Anax speratus Hagen, 1867 – Orange Emperor
• Anax strenuus Hagen, 1867 – Giant Hawaiian Darner, Pinao
• Anax tristis Hagen, 1867 – Black Emperor, Magnificent Emperor
• Anax tumorifer McLachlan, 1885
• Anax walsinghami McLachlan, 1882 – Giant Darner

referensi:

Klasifikasi ilmiah dari Wikipedia:

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anax
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeshnidae
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisoptera
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiprocta
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odonata
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odonatoptera
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeoptera
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterygota
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexapoda
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecdysozoa
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protostome
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilateria
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eumetazoa
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filozoa
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holozoa
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opisthokonta
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unikonta
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryote

Klasifikasi ilmiah lain:

• www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id225824/
• zipcodezoo.com/Animals/A/Anax_longipes/
• taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=247507&tree=0.1

Lain-lain:

• www.greenmtn.edu/odonata/photos/dragonfly_photos.aspx
• www.museum.state.il.us/ismdepts/zoology/odonata/gallery.html?RollID=roll01&FrameID=Anax_longipes_male
• www.wingsphotography.com/anaxlong.html

Foto-foto Capung comet darner (Anax longipes) digunakan tanpa ijin.

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