Phanogomphus sandrius

Phanogomphus sandrius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Odonata
Infraorder:Anisoptera
Family:Gomphidae
Genus:Phanogomphus
Species: P. sandrius
Binomial name
Phanogomphus sandrius
(Tennessen, 1983)

Phanogomphus sandrius, the Tennessee clubtail, is a species of clubtail dragonflies in the family Gomphidae. It is found in the United States, in nine locations of central Tennessee.[1][2]

The IUCN conservation status of Phanogomphus sandrius is "VU", vulnerable. The species faces a high risk of endangerment in the medium term, with a decreasing population. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2018. Phanogomphus sandrius was assessed as "endangered" in 1996 and "vulnerable" in 2007.[1]

Phanogomphus sandrius was recently considered a member of the genus Gomphus, but in 2017 it became a member of the genus Phanogomphus when Phanogomphus was elevated from subgenus to genus rank.[3][4][5]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 "Phanogomphus sandrius Red List status". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  2. ↑ "Phanogomphus sandrius Species Information". odonatacentral.org. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  3. ↑ Ware, Jessica L.; Pilgrim, Erik; May, Michael L.; Donnelly, Thomas W.; et al. (2017). "Phylogenetic relationships of North American Gomphidae and their close relatives". Systematic Entomology. 42. doi:10.1111/syen.12218.
  4. ↑ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  5. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-18.


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