Cordulegaster dorsalis

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Cordulegaster dorsalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Cordulegastridae
Genus: Cordulegaster
Species:
C. dorsalis
Binomial name
Cordulegaster dorsalis
(Hagen in Selys, 1858) [2]

Cordulegaster dorsalis (Pacific spiketail) is a dragonfly in the family Cordulegastridae.

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References

  1. Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Cordulegaster dorsalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T50968962A65836214. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50968962A65836214.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. "North American Odonata". Dragonfly Society of the Americas. Retrieved 8 July 2012.