Clubskimmers
Pale-faced clubskimmer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Trithemistinae
Genus: Brechmorhoga
Kirby, 1894

Brechmorhoga is a genus of dragonfly in the Libellulidae family. Members of this genus are commonly called clubskimmers because of the widening abdominal segments much like the clubtails.[1]

The genus contains the following species:[2]

  • Brechmorhoga archboldi (Donnelly, 1970)
  • Brechmorhoga diplosema Ris, 1913
  • Brechmorhoga flavoannulata Lacroix, 1920
  • Brechmorhoga flavopunctata (Martin, 1897)
  • Brechmorhoga innupta Rácenis, 1954
  • Brechmorhoga latialata González, 1999
  • Brechmorhoga mendax (Hagen, 1861) – pale-faced clubskimmer[3]
  • Brechmorhoga neblinae De Marmels, 1989
  • Brechmorhoga nubecula (Rambur, 1842)
  • Brechmorhoga pertinax (Hagen, 1861) – masked clubskimmer[3]
  • Brechmorhoga praecox (Hagen, 1861) – slender clubskimmer[3]
  • Brechmorhoga praedatrix Calvert, 1909
  • Brechmorhoga rapax Calvert, 1898
  • Brechmorhoga tepeaca Calvert, 1908
  • Brechmorhoga travassosi Santos, 1946
  • Brechmorhoga vivax Calvert, 1906

References

  1. ↑ Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. p. 245. ISBN 0-691-11364-5.
  2. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
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