Ophiogomphus australis

Ophiogomphus australis, the southern snaketail[2], is a dragonfly in the genus Ophiogomphus ("snaketails"), in the family Gomphidae ("clubtails").[3][4] Ophiogomphus australis is found in North America.[4]

Ophiogomphus australis
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O. australis
Binomial name
Ophiogomphus australis
Carle, 1992

The IUCN conservation status of Ophiogomphus australis is "NT", Near Threatened. The population is decreasing.[5]

References

  1. Abbott, J.C. & Paulson, D.R. 2018. Ophiogomphus australis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T63223A80686432. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T63223A80686432.en. Downloaded on 28 December 2018.
  2. Encyclopedia of Life Ophiogomphus australis species overview.
  3. bugguide.net Ophiogomphus australis species information.
  4. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  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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