Family Cordulegastridae - Spiketails

Classification · Numbers

Arrowhead Spiketail - Cordulegaster obliqua - male

Pacific Spiketail Dragonfly - Cordulegaster dorsalis - Cordulegaster dorsalis - female

Dragonfly - Cordulegaster dorsalis - female

Dragonfly - Cordulegaster dorsalis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Family Cordulegastridae (Spiketails)

Numbers

nine species in one genus listed at The Odonata of North America

Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 21 October, 2004 - 10:33am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 9 November, 2008 - 8:52am

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