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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Gomphidae |
Genus: | Arigomphus |
Species: | A. cornutus
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Binomial name | |
Arigomphus cornutus (Tough, 1900)
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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.
The horned clubtail lives in ponds and sluggish streams. Its range includes Canada and several U.S. states:
Horned clubtail | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Gomphidae |
Genus: | Arigomphus |
Species: | A. cornutus
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Binomial name | |
Arigomphus cornutus (Tough, 1900)
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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.
The horned clubtail lives in ponds and sluggish streams. Its range includes Canada and several U.S. states: