Ophiogomphus bison Selys, 1873 is a animal in the Gomphidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ophiogomphus bison Selys, 1873

Ophiogomphus bison Selys, 1873

Ophiogomphus bison (bison snaketail) is a North American clubtail dragonfly that is IUCN least concern with a stable population.

Family
Genus
Ophiogomphus
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Ophiogomphus bison Selys, 1873

Ophiogomphus bison, commonly known as the bison snaketail, is a species of clubtail dragonfly that belongs to the family Gomphidae. This species is found in North America. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assigned Ophiogomphus bison a conservation status of "LC", which stands for least concern. This status indicates there are no immediate threats to the survival of the species, and its population is currently stable. The IUCN conservation status of this species was most recently reviewed in 2017.

Photo: (c) David Hofmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Gomphidae Ophiogomphus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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