Octogomphus specularis (Hagen, 1859) is a animal in the Gomphidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Octogomphus specularis (Hagen, 1859)
Octogomphus specularis is the only species in the North American grappletail dragonfly genus, re-discovered in British Columbia in 2020.
Octogomphus, commonly known as grappletail, is a genus of club-tailed dragonflies native to North America. This genus holds only one recognized species: Octogomphus specularis. This species, the grappletail, had not been observed in British Columbia for 40 years before citizen scientists re-discovered it in July 2020, while hiking in Davis Lake Provincial Park near Mission, B.C.
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Ophiogomphus aspersus Morse, 1895
Erpetogomphus eutainia Calvert, 1905
Onychogomphus uncatus (Charpentier, 1840)
Stylurus plagiatus (Selys, 1854)
Ictinogomphus decoratus (Selys, 1854)
Ophiogomphus anomalus Harvey, 1898
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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