Ictinogomphus is a genus of dragonflies in either the family Gomphidae or Lindeniidae.[2][3] They are medium to large, yellow and black with clear wings.[4] Species occur in Africa, Asia and Australia.[4]

Ictinogomphus
Ictinogomphus rapax
(Common Clubtail)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Lindeniidae
Genus: Ictinogomphus
Cowley, 1934[1]
Common flangetail
I. decoratus melaenops male
Thailand

Species edit

The genus Ictinogomphus includes the following species:[2]

Notes on taxonomy edit

Jules Rambur originally described this genus as Ictinus in 1842.[8] However, at the time there already existed a genus of beetle also named Ictinus described by François Laporte in 1834.[9] In 1934, John Cowley, an English entomologist, renamed this species to Ictinogomphus in deference to Rambur's original name. Cowley is now regarded as the authority, and this genus can be formally written as: Ictinogomphus Cowley, 1934.[3]

The Australian Faunal Directory considers the genus Ictinogomphus to belong to the family Lindeniidae.[3] The World Odonata List at Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound considers the genus Ictinogomphus to belong to the family Gomphidae.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Cowley, J. (1934). "The types of some genera of Gomphidae (Odonata)". The Entomologist. 67: 273–276 [274].
  2. ^ a b c 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 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Genus Ictinogomphus Cowley, 1934". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
  5. ^ Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F. & Kipping, J. (2010). "Ictinogomphus dundoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T63190A12615558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T63190A12615558.en.
  6. ^ Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Ictinogomphus ferox". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59894A85585956. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59894A85585956.en.
  7. ^ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
  8. ^ Rambur, Jules (1842). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Névroptères (in French). Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 534 [171] – via Gallica.
  9. ^ Laporte, F. (1834). Audouin, J.V.; Brullé, G.A. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des insectes, traitant de leur organisation et de leurs moeurs en général, par M. V. Audouin et comprenant leur classification et la description des espèces, par M. A. Brullé. Paris: F.D. Pillot. pp. 479 [259]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.34228 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links edit

  Media related to Ictinogomphus at Wikimedia Commons

  Data related to Ictinogomphus at Wikispecies