Horned clubtail

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Horned clubtail
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Arigomphus
Species:
A. cornutus
Binomial name
Arigomphus cornutus
(Tough, 1900)

The horned clubtail (Arigomphus cornutus) is a clubtail dragonfly of Canada and the United States.

The horned clubtail is 2.2 inches (56 mm) long and lacks an abdominal club. It has a greenish thorax with black stripes and a black abdomen with a light stripe along the top. It has blue eyes and black legs. It also has distinctive wide forked yellow claspers shaped like cow horns and a large sloped bridge between the eyes.

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Ottawa, Ontario

The horned clubtail lives in ponds and sluggish streams. Its range includes Canada and several U.S. states:

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References

  1. Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Arigomphus cornutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T51178530A65836364. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T51178530A65836364.en . Retrieved 23 June 2022.