Arigomphus

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Anisoptera Phylum Arthropoda Order Odonate		Class Insecta Family Gomphidae Rank Genus

Similar Horned clubtail, Odonate, Jade clubtail, Dromogomphus spinosus, Erpetogomphus

Horned clubtail arigomphus cornutus

Arigomphus is a genus of dragonflies of the Gomphidae family. This group is commonly called the pond clubtails. The species are fairly plain and only the males have the club-shaped abdomen. Unlike other gomphids, they may emerge from artificial ponds.

The genus is confined to North America. It contains the following species:

Arigomphus cornutus (Tough, 1900) – horned clubtail

Arigomphus furcifer (Hagen in Selys, 1878) – lilypad clubtail

Arigomphus lentulus (Needham, 1902) – stillwater clubtail

Arigomphus maxwelli (Ferguson, 1950) – bayou clubtail

Arigomphus pallidus (Rambur, 1842) – gray-green clubtail

Arigomphus submedianus (Williamson, 1914) – jade clubtail

Arigomphus villosipes (Selys, 1854) – unicorn clubtail

References

Arigomphus Wikipedia

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