Octogomphus
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| Octogomphus | |
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| File:Octogomphus specularis 7384867.jpg | |
| Top view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Gomphidae |
| Genus: | Octogomphus Selys, 1873 |
| Species: | O. specularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Octogomphus specularis (Hagen in Selys, 1859)
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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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[edit | edit source]Wikispecies has information related to Octogomphus.
- Octogomphus, BugGuide
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