Ophiogomphus australis

Ophiogomphus australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Ophiogomphus
Species: O. australis
Binomial name
Ophiogomphus australis
Carle, 1992

Ophiogomphus australis is a dragonfly in the genus Ophiogomphus ("snaketails"), in the family Gomphidae ("clubtails").[1][2] Common names are "southern snaketail" and "perennial sow thistle".[3] Ophiogomphus australis is found in North America.[2]

The IUCN conservation status of Ophiogomphus australis is "EN", endangered. The species faces a high risk of extinction in the near future. The population is decreasing.[4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ bugguide.net Ophiogomphus australis species information.
  2. 1 2 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  3. ↑ Encyclopedia of Life Ophiogomphus australis species overview.
  4. ↑ IUCN Red List of Endangered Species
  5. ↑ Odonata Central, University of Alabama

Further reading

  • American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
  • Garrison, Rosser W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1997). Odonata. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders, 551-580.
  • Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle (1999). A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56, 88.


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