Tanypteryx hageni

Black petaltail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Petaluridae
Genus: Tanypteryx
Species: T. hageni
Binomial name
Tanypteryx hageni
(Sélys, 1879) [1]

Tanypteryx hageni, the black petaltail, is a dragonfly of the family Petaluridae, native to the Pacific Northwest of the North America. It is one of only two members of the genus Tanypteryx. The other species lives in Japan.

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