Brechmorhoga

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Libelluloidea

Familia: Libellulidae
Subfamilia: Trithemistinae
Genus: Brechmorhoga
Species: B. diplosema – B. flavopunctata – B. innupta – B. latialata – B. mendax – B. neblinae – B. nubecula – B. pertinax – B. praecox – B. praedatrix – B. rapax – B. tepeaca – B. travassosi – B. vivax
Name

Brechmorhoga Kirby, 1894

Brechmorhoga mendax

References

Meurgey, F. 2016. The genus Brechmorhoga Kirby, 1894, in the West Indies, with a proposed new status for Brechmorhoga archboldi (Donnelly) (Odonata; Libellulidae). Zootaxa 4079(1): 53–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.1.4.Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Clubskimmers

Brechmorhoga is a genus of dragonfly in the Libellulidae family. Members of this genus are commonly called clubskimmers because of the widening abdominal segments much like the clubtails.[1]

The genus contains the following species:[2]

Brechmorhoga archboldi (Donnelly, 1970)
Brechmorhoga diplosema Ris, 1913
Brechmorhoga flavoannulata Lacroix, 1920
Brechmorhoga flavopunctata (Martin, 1897)
Brechmorhoga innupta Rácenis, 1954
Brechmorhoga latialata González, 1999
Brechmorhoga mendax (Hagen, 1861) – pale-faced clubskimmer[3]
Brechmorhoga neblinae De Marmels, 1989
Brechmorhoga nubecula (Rambur, 1842)
Brechmorhoga pertinax (Hagen, 1861) – masked clubskimmer[3]
Brechmorhoga praecox (Hagen, 1861) – slender clubskimmer[3]
Brechmorhoga praedatrix Calvert, 1909
Brechmorhoga rapax Calvert, 1898
Brechmorhoga tepeaca Calvert, 1908
Brechmorhoga travassosi Santos, 1946
Brechmorhoga vivax Calvert, 1906

References

Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. p. 245. ISBN 0-691-11364-5.
Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
"North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.