Phanogomphus borealis, the beaverpond clubtail, is a species of clubtail dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada.[1][2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Gomphidae |
| Genus: | Phanogomphus |
| Species: | P. borealis
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| Phanogomphus borealis (Needham, 1901)
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Phanogomphus was formerly considered to be a subgenus of Gomphus, but phylogenetic studies have resulted in its promotion to genus rank.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Phanogomphus borealis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "Odonata Central". Odonata Central, University of Alabama. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ a b Ware, Jessica L., Pilgrim, Erik, May, Michael L., Donnelly, Thomas W., & Tennessen, Kenneth (2017). "Phylogenetic relationships of North American Gomphidae and their close relatives". Systematic Entomology vol. 42, no. 2, 347-358.
- ^ Ball-Damerow JE, Oboyski PT, Resh VH (2015). "California dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) database: temporal and spatial distribution of species records collected over the past century". ZooKeys 482: 67-89.
Further reading
edit- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
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