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Species of dragonfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The horned clubtail (Arigomphus cornutus) is a clubtail dragonfly of Canada and the United States.
| Horned clubtail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Gomphidae |
| Genus: | Arigomphus |
| Species: | A. cornutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Arigomphus cornutus (Tough, 1900) | |
The horned clubtail is 2.2 inches (56 mm) long and lacks an abdominal club. It has a greenish thorax with black stripes and a black abdomen with a light stripe along the top. It has blue eyes and black legs. It also has distinctive wide forked yellow claspers shaped like cow horns and a large sloped bridge between the eyes.
The horned clubtail lives in ponds and sluggish streams. Its range includes Canada and several U.S. states:
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