Ictinogomphus

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Genus of dragonflies

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::summary Genus of dragonflies ::

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Ictinogomphus is a genus of dragonflies in the family Gomphidae. They are medium to large, yellow and black with clear wings. Species occur in Africa, Asia and Australia. Fossil species are also known from Europe.

Species

The genus Ictinogomphus includes the following species:

The former fossil species †Ictinogomphus fur Hagen, 1863 from the Oligocene of Germany is thought to no longer belong to this genus, due to differences in the wing structure.

Notes on taxonomy

Jules Rambur originally described this genus as Ictinus in 1842. However, at the time there already existed a genus of beetle also named Ictinus described by François Laporte in 1834. 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.

Up until recently, species of Ictinogomphus were sometimes considered to be in the family Lindeniidae. Lindeniidae is no longer recognised as a family, and Ictinogomphus is now found in the family, Gomphidae.

References

References

  1. Cowley, J.. (1934). "The types of some genera of Gomphidae (Odonata)". The Entomologist.
  2. (2012). "Genus ''Ictinogomphus'' Cowley, 1934". [[Australian Biological Resources Study]].
  3. (2006). "The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia". CSIRO Publishing.
  4. {{World Odonata List
  5. Clausnitzer, V.. (2010). "''Ictinogomphus dundoensis''".
  6. Clausnitzer, V.. (2016). "''Ictinogomphus ferox''".
  7. Subramanian, K. A.. (2005). "Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India".
  8. (2020-12-06). "New dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) from the late Oligocene of Enspel (Rhineland-Palatinate, SW Germany)". Palaeontologia Electronica.
  9. (2017-03-13). "Two new dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera) from the Miocene of Carinthia (Austria)". Zootaxa.
  10. Rambur, Jules. (1842). "Histoire naturelle des insectes. Névroptères". Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret.
  11. Laporte, F.. (1834). "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". F.D. Pillot.
  12. (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa.

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