Octogomphus

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Octogomphus
File:Octogomphus specularis 7384867.jpg
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Octogomphus
Selys, 1873
Species:
O. specularis
Binomial name
Octogomphus specularis
(Hagen in Selys, 1859)

Octogomphus, the grappletail, is a genus of club-tailed dragonflies found in North America, containing the single species Octogomphus specularis.[1]

The Grappletail, not seen in British Columbia for 40 years, was re-discovered by citizen scientists in July 2020, during a hike in Davis Lake Provincial Park, near Mission, B.C. [2]

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