Ophiogomphus australis
| Ophiogomphus australis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Gomphidae |
| Genus: | Ophiogomphus |
| Species: | O. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophiogomphus australis Carle, 1992 | |
Ophiogomphus australis, the southern snaketail,[2] is a dragonfly in the genus Ophiogomphus ("snaketails"), in the family Gomphidae ("clubtails").[3][4] Ophiogomphus australis is found in North America.[4]
The IUCN conservation status of Ophiogomphus australis is "NT", Near Threatened. The population is decreasing.[5]
References
- ^ Abbott, J.C.; Paulson, D.R. (2018). "Ophiogomphus australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T63223A80686432. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T63223A80686432.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life Ophiogomphus australis species overview.
- ^ bugguide.net Ophiogomphus australis species information.
- ^ a b Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- ^ Odonata Central, University of Alabama
Further reading
- American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
- Garrison, Rosser W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1997). Odonata. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders, 551-580.
- Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle (1999). A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56, 88.
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