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Pilbara Dragon
Antipodogomphus hodgkini
Antipodogomphus hodgkini is a species of dragonfly of the family Gomphidae, known as the Pilbara dragon. It is endemic to the Pilbara region of Western Australia, where it inhabits rivers, streams and pools.
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The genus name Antipodogomphus is derived from the Greek ἀντίποδες (antipodes, "those situated on the opposite side of the Earth"), combined with Gomphus, a genus name derived from the Greek γόμφος (gomphos, "peg" or "nail"), referring to the shape of the male abdomen. The name refers to the southern representative of that group. In 1969, Tony Watson named this species hodgkini, an eponym honouring E. P. Hodgkin (1908-1998) of the Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia, who supervised the early work and provided the original specimens.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 323612.