Arigomphus maxwelli is a dragonfly in the genus Arigomphus ("pond clubtails"), in the family Gomphidae ("clubtails").[2][3] A common name for Arigomphus maxwelli is "bayou clubtail".[4] Arigomphus maxwelli is found in North America.[3]

Arigomphus maxwelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Arigomphus
Species:
A. maxwelli
Binomial name
Arigomphus maxwelli
(Ferguson, 1950)

The IUCN conservation status of Arigomphus maxwelli is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[1] [5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "IUCN Red List of Endangered Species". iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  2. ^ "Arigomphus maxwelli species information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  3. ^ a b "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)". itis.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  4. ^ "Encyclopedia of Life Arigomphus maxwelli species overview". eol.org. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  5. ^ "Odonata Central, University of Alabama". odonatacentral.org. Retrieved 2018-01-15.

Further reading

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  • American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
  • Garrison, Rosser W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1997). Odonata. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders, 551-580.
  • Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle (1999). A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56, 88.
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