Ceratogomphus

Life-forms

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: Aeshnoidea

Familia: Gomphidae
Subfamilia: Gomphinae
Tribus: Gomphini
Genus: Ceratogomphus
Species: C. pictus – C. triceraticus
Name
Ceratogomphus Selys, 1854

Ceratogomphus, commonly known as thorntails, is a small genus of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae found in southern Africa. The genus contains only two species:[1]

Ceratogomphus pictus Hagen in Selys, 1854 – common thorntail[2]
Ceratogomphus triceraticus Balinsky, 1963 – cape thorntail[3]

References

Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. (2010). "Ceratogomphus pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T63183A12611098. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T63183A12611098.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Samways, M.J. (2018). "Ceratogomphus triceraticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T42845A75843336. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42845A75843336.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.