Biology:Hylogomphus

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Short description: Genus of dragonflies

Hylogomphus
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Hylogomphus geminatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Hylogomphus
Needham, Westfall & May, 2000

Hylogomphus is a genus of clubtails in the family of dragonflies known as Gomphidae. There are about six described species in Hylogomphus.[1][2][3]

Hylogomphus was formerly considered a subgenus of Gomphus, but has recently been promoted to genus rank along with Phanogomphus, Stenogomphurus and Gomphurus.[2]

Species

These six species belong to the genus Hylogomphus:[1][4][3]

  • Hylogomphus abbreviatus (Hagen in Selys, 1878) (spine-crowned clubtail)
  • Hylogomphus adelphus (Selys, 1858) (mustached clubtail)
  • Hylogomphus apomyius (Donnelly, 1966) (banner clubtail)
  • Hylogomphus geminatus (Carle, 1979) (twin-striped clubtail)
  • Hylogomphus parvidens (Currie, 1917) (Piedmont clubtail)
  • Hylogomphus viridifrons (Hine, 1901) (green-faced clubtail)

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q56162238 entry