Hylogomphus parvidens

Hylogomphus parvidens, the Piedmont clubtail, is a species of clubtail dragonflies in the family Gomphidae. It is found in the southeastern United States.[1][2]

Hylogomphus parvidens

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Hylogomphus
Species:
H. parvidens
Binomial name
Hylogomphus parvidens
(Currie, 1917)

Hylogomphus parvidens was recently considered a member of the genus Gomphus, but in 2017 it became a member of the genus Hylogomphus when Hylogomphus was elevated from subgenus to genus rank.[3][4][5]

The IUCN conservation status of Hylogomphus parvidens is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2018. Hylogomphus parvidens was assessed "rare" from 1986 to 1994 , "lower risk / near threatened" in 1996, and "least concern" in 2006 and 2017.[1]

References

  1. "Hylogomphus parvidens Red List status". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  2. "Hylogomphus parvidens Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  3. Ware, Jessica L.; Pilgrim, Erik; May, Michael L.; Donnelly, Thomas W.; et al. (2017). "Phylogenetic relationships of North American Gomphidae and their close relatives". Systematic Entomology. 42: 347–358. doi:10.1111/syen.12218. PMC 6104399. PMID 30147221.
  4. "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  5. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-18.

Further reading

  • Dunkle, Sidney W. (2000). Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America. Oxford Press. ISBN 978-0195112689.
  • Needham, James G.; Westfall Jr., Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (2000). Dragonflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 0-945417-94-2.
  • Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 978-1560989592.
  • Steinmann, Henrik (1997). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume II: Anisoptera. Das Tierreich. 111. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-014934-6.


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