Species Stylurus spiniceps - Arrow Clubtail

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Arrow Clubtail - Stylurus spiniceps - male

Arrow Clubtail - Stylurus spiniceps - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Family Gomphidae (Clubtails)

Genus Stylurus

Species spiniceps (Arrow Clubtail)

Numbers

One of 11 Nearctic species in the genus.

Size

54-65 mm.

Identification

In the genus Stylurus (the Hanging Clubtails) this is the only North American species with adbominal segment 9 noticeably longer than abdominal segement 8. The last two segments (s9 and s10) are dark on the dorsal surface.

Range

Northeast United States (just barely edging into Canada); as far South as Kentucky and Tennessee.

Habitat

Small to medium-sized rivers with mud or sand bottoms.

Season

Mid-June through much of October.

Food

Small flying insects.

Print References

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Works Cited

1.	Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America By Sidney W. Dunkle

Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 18 October, 2004 - 5:40pm

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