Stylurus

Hanging Clubtails
Female S. flavipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Stylurus
Needham, 1897

Stylurus is a genus of dragonflies in the family Gomphidae. They are commonly known as Hanging Clubtails from their habit of hanging nearly vertically when they perch.[1]

The genus contains the following species:[2]

References

  1. Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12281-4.
  2. Martin Schorr; Martin Lindeboom; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 3 Oct 2013.
  3. Paulson, D. R. (2007). "Stylurus amnicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  5. Paulson, D. R. (2007). "Stylurus ivae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  6. Paulson, D. R. (2007). "Stylurus plagiatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  7. Abbott, J.C. (2007). "Stylurus potulentus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  8. Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Stylurus scudderei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  9. Paulson, D. R. (2007). "Stylurus spiniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  10. Abbott, J.C. (2007). "Stylurus townesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 November 2010.


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