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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Spiketails (Cordulegastridae) » Cordulegaster

Genus Cordulegaster

Classification · Numbers · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Spiketail Nymph - Cordulegaster Say's Spiketail - Cordulegaster sayi - female Delta-spotted Spiketail - Cordulegaster diastatops - female Twin-spotted Spiketail - Cordulegaster maculata - male Twin-spotted Spiketail - Cordulegaster maculata - male Dragonfly near Peninsula OH - Cordulegaster erronea female Twin-spotted Spiketail - Cordulegaster maculata - female Cordulegaster dorsalis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
Family Cordulegastridae (Spiketails)
Genus Cordulegaster
Numbers
Eight species in the genus.
Remarks
Common name refers to the female's long ovipositor.
Print References
(1)
Internet References
Chemsistry and Biology Information Center: Spiketail Page

Dragonflies and Damselflies of West Virginia: Discussion of Delta-Spotted versus Brown
Spiketails
Works Cited
1.Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America
By Sidney W. Dunkle
Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 21 October, 2004 - 10:41am
Last updated 15 December, 2004 - 10:01pm

Good link for this genus
This could go in the Internet references, Links, or just stay here in the comments:
Notes on the Michigan Species of Cordulegaster
http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/MICHODO/test/Corduleg.htm

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 20 December, 2004 - 7:25pm

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