Molineri, Carlos;Rodríguez, José Sebastián;Leiva, Marta;Márquez, Javier Andrés
Progomphus
Sign in to saveProgomphus is a genus of medium-sized dragonflies in the family Gomphidae. They are found in the Americas and are largely tropical. They are one of the few Gomphids with coloured wings.
Species
Common Sanddragon
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOdonata
- FamilyGomphidae
Observations2,990
Observations recorded8,805
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 258
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Gomphidae
- Collections
- FCN-UAQ, YPM, SDNHM, CU, USNM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Brazil, United States, Guyana
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Progomphus is a genus of medium-sized dragonflies in the family Gomphidae. They are found in the Americas and are largely tropical. They are one of the few Gomphids with coloured wings.
They are commonly called sanddragons. They are usually found on freshwater sandy beaches and pools.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Progomphus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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