Octogomphus
Octogomphus, the grappletail, is a genus of club-tailed dragonflies found in North America, containing the single species Octogomphus specularis.[1]
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| Genus: | Octogomphus Selys, 1873 |
| Species: | O. specularis |
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| Octogomphus specularis (Hagen in Selys, 1859) | |
The Grappletail, not seen in British Columbia for 40 years, was re-discovered by citizen scientists in July 2020, during a hike in Davis Lake Provincial Park, near Mission, B.C. [2]
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References
- "Octogomphus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- "New discoveries made in mammoth effort to catalogue B.C.'s plants and animals". Global News. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
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