Biology:Horned clubtail

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Short description: Species of dragonfly

Horned clubtail
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Arigomphus
Species:
A. cornutus
Binomial name
Arigomphus cornutus
(Tough, 1900)

The horned clubtail (Arigomphus cornutus) is a clubtail dragonfly of Canada and the United States .

The horned clubtail is 2.2 inches (56 mm) long and lacks an abdominal club. It has a greenish thorax with black stripes and a black abdomen with a light stripe along the top. It has blue eyes and black legs. It also has distinctive wide forked yellow claspers shaped like cow horns and a large sloped bridge between the eyes.

Ottawa, Ontario

The horned clubtail lives in ponds and sluggish streams. Its range includes Canada and several U.S. states:

  • Colorado
  • Iowa
  • Minnesota
  • Montana – Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, and Wibaux Counties; only in artificial reservoirs.
  • Nebraska – Cherry and Cuming Counties
  • New York – (rarely)
  • North Dakota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4650936 entry