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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Leaftails (Phyllogomphoides) » Four-striped Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides stigmatus)
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Five-striped Leaftail - Phyllogomphoides stigmatus - male
Copyright © 2007 Gary Rankin

Five-striped Leaftail - Phyllogomphoides stigmatus - Male
South of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
August 15, 2007
I beleive this one to be a Five-striped Leaftail - Phyllogomphoides albrighti. This is the first (and only) one of these I've seen in my area thus far. Confirmation would be great.

Thanks,
GD

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Contributed by Gary Rankin on 16 August, 2007 - 2:08pm
Last updated 2 September, 2007 - 9:02pm

Four-striped, I believe
According to Dunkle, Five-striped lacks a pale ring at the base of S8 (clearly visible on this one), and has a brown lower rear thoracic stripe (not visible on this specimen). There is a dark stripe near the base of the thorax, but that is abdominal S1.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 16 August, 2007 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Four-striped
I agree that this is a Four-striped Leaftail, based on the lack of a final posterior dark thoracic stripe. The S8 ring is probably not a reliable field mark, as Five-striped can show it sometimes.
… Nick Block, 18 August, 2007 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

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