Black vicetail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Gomphidae |
Genus: | Hemigomphus |
Species: | H. atratus
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Binomial name | |
Hemigomphus atratus | |
Synonyms | |
Austrogomphus atratus Watson, 1991 |
Hemigomphus atratus is a species of dragonfly of the family Gomphidae, [3] known as the black vicetail. [4] It is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, Australia, where it inhabits rainforest streams. [5] [6]
Hemigomphus atratus is a small, black and yellow dragonfly. [4] Very little other information is known of this species, all of it coming from a single specimen found living at a freshwater stream near Tinaroo Dam, in north-eastern Queensland. [1]
The species name atratus is a Latin word meaning clothed in black. Tony Watson named this species of dragonfly after its blackish brown abdomen. [2] [7]
Black vicetail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Gomphidae |
Genus: | Hemigomphus |
Species: | H. atratus
|
Binomial name | |
Hemigomphus atratus | |
Synonyms | |
Austrogomphus atratus Watson, 1991 |
Hemigomphus atratus is a species of dragonfly of the family Gomphidae, [3] known as the black vicetail. [4] It is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, Australia, where it inhabits rainforest streams. [5] [6]
Hemigomphus atratus is a small, black and yellow dragonfly. [4] Very little other information is known of this species, all of it coming from a single specimen found living at a freshwater stream near Tinaroo Dam, in north-eastern Queensland. [1]
The species name atratus is a Latin word meaning clothed in black. Tony Watson named this species of dragonfly after its blackish brown abdomen. [2] [7]