Hylogomphus

Hylogomphus
Hylogomphus geminatus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus:
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

  1. ^ a b "Hylogomphus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  2. ^ a b Ware, Jessica L.; Pilgrim, Erik; May, Michael L.; Donnelly, Thomas W.; et al. (2017). "Phylogenetic relationships of North American Gomphidae and their close relatives". Systematic Entomology. 42 (2): 347–358. Bibcode:2017SysEn..42..347W. doi:10.1111/syen.12218. PMC 6104399. PMID 30147221.
  3. ^ a b "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  4. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 2018-08-18.

Further reading