Hylogomphus
Genus of dragonflies
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Hylogomphus is a genus of clubtails in the family of dragonflies known as Gomphidae. There are about six described species in Hylogomphus.[1][2][3]
| Hylogomphus | |
|---|---|
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| Hylogomphus geminatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Gomphidae |
| Genus: | Hylogomphus Needham, Westfall & May, 2000 |
Hylogomphus was formerly considered a subgenus of Gomphus, but has recently been promoted to genus rank along with Phanogomphus, Stenogomphurus and Gomphurus.[2]
Species
These six species belong to the genus Hylogomphus:[1][4][3]
- Hylogomphus abbreviatus (Hagen in Selys, 1878) (spine-crowned clubtail)
- Hylogomphus adelphus (Selys, 1858) (mustached clubtail)
- Hylogomphus apomyius (Donnelly, 1966) (banner clubtail)
- Hylogomphus geminatus (Carle, 1979) (twin-striped clubtail)
- Hylogomphus parvidens (Currie, 1917) (Piedmont clubtail)
- Hylogomphus viridifrons (Hine, 1901) (green-faced clubtail)