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Arigomphus cornutus

(Arigomphus cornutus)

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Description

Arigomphus cornutus) is a clubtail dragonfly of Canada and the United States. 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.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Odonata
Family:Gomphidae
Genus:Arigomphus
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