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Species Phanogomphus militaris - Sulphur-tipped Clubtail

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Sulphur-tipped Clubtail - Phanogomphus militaris - male

Sulphur-tipped Clubtail_Gomphus militaris_teneral - Phanogomphus militaris - female

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 Phanogomphus

Species militaris (Sulphur-tipped Clubtail)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gomphus militaris (Hagen in Salys, 1958)

Identification

Blue eyes with yellow face; thorax and abdomen with a lot of yellow markings; T1-2 well-developed and narrowly separated; T3-4 narrower and widely separated; hind femur marked with yellow; abdomen black with yellow spear points from S3-8; S8-9 variably yellow laterally; S10 with narrow yellow stripe above. Male and female similarly colored/patterned.

Range

Eastern New Mexico and Colorado, east to Illinois, south into Nuevo Leon, Mexico

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Habitat

Small to medium slow flowing rivers, large open ponds and lakes (1)

Commonly found away from water (2)

Season

Recorded from January through November on Odonata Central.

Remarks

Extensively pale, much more so than most of the other clubtails.

Works Cited

1.	Dragonflies and damselflies of the East D. Paulson. 2012. Princeton University Press. 576 pp.

2.	Dragonflies of Texas A Field Guide. John C. Abbott. 2015. University of Texas Press, Austin. 466 pp.

Contributed by Cliff Bernzweig on 28 April, 2008 - 8:57pm
Additional contributions by Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 18 April, 2020 - 11:25am

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