Arigomphus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Aeshnoidea

Familia: Gomphidae
Subfamilia: Gomphinae
Tribus: Gomphini
Genus: Arigomphus
Species: A. cornutus – A. furcifer – A. lentulus – A. maxwelli – A. pallidus – A. submedianus – A. villosipes
Name
Arigomphus Needham, 1897

Arigomphus is a genus of dragonflies of the Gomphidae family. This group is commonly called the pond clubtails. The species are fairly plain and only the males have the club-shaped abdomen.[1] Unlike other gomphids, they may emerge from artificial ponds.[2]

The genus is confined to North America.[1] It contains the following species:[3][4]

Arigomphus cornutus (Tough, 1900) – horned clubtail
Arigomphus furcifer (Hagen in Selys, 1878) – lilypad clubtail
Arigomphus lentulus (Needham, 1902) – stillwater clubtail
Arigomphus maxwelli (Ferguson, 1950) – bayou clubtail
Arigomphus pallidus (Rambur, 1842) – gray-green clubtail
Arigomphus submedianus (Williamson, 1914) – jade clubtail
Arigomphus villosipes (Selys, 1854) – unicorn clubtail

References

Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12281-4.
Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. p. 179. ISBN 0-691-11364-5.
Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
"North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.