Ictinogomphus

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: Lindeniinae
Genus: Ictinogomphus
Species: I. acutus – I. alaquopterus – I. angulosus – I. australis – I. celebensis – I. decoratus – I. distinctus – I. dobsoni – I. dundoensis – I. ferox – I. fraseri – †I. hassleri – I. kishori – I. paulini – I. pertinax – I. pugnovittatus – I. rapax – I. regisalberti – I. tenax
Name

Ictinogomphus Cowley, 1934
References

Cowley, J. 1934. Changes in the generic names of the Odonata. Entomologist 67: 200–205. Reference page.
Schädel, M. & Lechner, T.S. 2017. Two new dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera) from the Miocene of Carinthia (Austria). Zootaxa 4243(1): 153–167. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.1.7. Reference page.

Ictinogomphus is a genus of dragonflies in either the family Gomphidae or Lindeniidae.[2][3] They are medium to large, yellow and black with clear wings.[4] Species occur in Africa, Asia and Australia.[4]

Genera

The genus Ictinogomphus includes the following species:[2]

Ictinogomphus alaquopterus Yousuf & Yunus, 1976
Ictinogomphus angulosus (Selys, 1854)
Ictinogomphus australis (Selys, 1873) - Australian Tiger[4]
Ictinogomphus celebensis (Schmidt, 1934)
Ictinogomphus decoratus (Selys, 1854) - Common flangetail
Ictinogomphus dobsoni Watson, 1969 - Pilbara Tiger[4]
Ictinogomphus (Cinitogomphus) dundoensis (Pinhey, 1961) - Swamp Tigertail[5]
Ictinogomphus ferox (Rambur, 1842) - Common Tiger, Common Tigertail[6]
Ictinogomphus fraseri Kimmins, 1958
Ictinogomphus kishori Ram, 1985
Ictinogomphus paulini Watson, 1991 - Cape York Tiger[4]
Ictinogomphus pertinax (Hagen in Selys, 1854)
Ictinogomphus pugnovittatus Yousuf & Yunus, 1976
Ictinogomphus rapax (Rambur, 1842) - Common Clubtail[7]
Ictinogomphus regisalberti (Schouteden, 1934)
Ictinogomphus tenax (Hagen in Selys, 1854)

Notes on taxonomy

Jules Rambur originally described this genus as Ictinus in 1842.[8] However, at the time there already existed a genus of beetle also named Ictinus described by François Laporte in 1834.[9] In 1934, John Cowley, an English entomologist, renamed this species to Ictinogomphus in deference to Rambur's original name. Cowley is now regarded as the authority, and this genus can be formally written as: Ictinogomphus Cowley, 1934.[3]

The Australian Faunal Directory considers the genus Ictinogomphus to belong to the family Lindeniidae.[3] The World Odonata List at Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound considers the genus Ictinogomphus to belong to the family Gomphidae.[2]
References

Cowley, J. (1934). "The types of some genera of Gomphidae (Odonata)". The Entomologist. 67: 273–276 [274].
Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
"Genus Ictinogomphus Cowley, 1934". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. & Kipping, J. (2010). "Ictinogomphus dundoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T63190A12615558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T63190A12615558.en.
Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Ictinogomphus ferox". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59894A85585956. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59894A85585956.en.
Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
Rambur, Jules (1842). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Névroptères (in French). Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 534 [171] – via Gallica.
Laporte, F. (1834). Audouin, J.V.; Brullé, G.A. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des insectes, traitant de leur organisation et de leurs moeurs en général, par M. V. Audouin et comprenant leur classification et la description des espèces, par M. A. Brullé. Paris: F.D. Pillot. pp. 479 [259]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.34228 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.