Horned clubtail

Horned clubtail
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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.

Ottawa, Ontario

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

• Colorado
• Iowa
• Minnesota
• Montana – Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, and Wibaux Counties; only in artificial reservoirs.
• Nebraska – Cherry and Cuming Counties
• New York – (rarely)
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

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.