Hemigomphus atratus

(Hemigomphus atratus)

Description

Hemigomphus atratus is a species of dragonfly of the family Gomphidae, known as the black vicetail. It is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, Australia, where it inhabits rainforest streams. Hemigomphus atratus is a small, black and yellow dragonfly. Very little other information is known of this species, all of it coming from a single specimen found living at a freshwater stream near Tinaroo Dam, in north-eastern Queensland.

Taxonomic tree:

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