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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Snaketails (Ophiogomphus) » Extra-striped Snaketail (Ophiogomphus anomalus)

Species Ophiogomphus anomalus - Extra-striped Snaketail

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
Extra-striped Snaketail female thorax pattern - Ophiogomphus anomalus - female teneral female - Ophiogomphus anomalus - female exuvium - Ophiogomphus anomalus super closeup of head, exuviae, from another angle - Ophiogomphus anomalus Extra-striped Snaketail male claspers, lateral view - Ophiogomphus anomalus - male Extra-striped Snaketail male, another individual - Ophiogomphus anomalus - male Extra-striped Snaketail - antennae - Ophiogomphus anomalus Extra-striped Snaketail - dorsal abdomen - Ophiogomphus anomalus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
Family Gomphidae (Clubtails)
Genus Ophiogomphus (Snaketails)
Species anomalus (Extra-striped Snaketail)
Explanation of Names
Extra-striped is for the extra thoracic stripe compared to other snaketails. Presumably, anomalus is as well.
Identification
Has an extra black stripe on the thorax:

Also has black stripes on the face and black legs.(1)
Range
Northeast US, Atlantic Canada, and around the Great Lakes
Habitat
Rivers
Season
Late spring to mid summer.
Works Cited
1.Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America
Sidney W. Dunkle. 2000. Oxford Press.
Contributed by Jason Forbes on 17 October, 2008 - 4:36pm

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