Phyllogomphoides insignatus

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| genus = Phyllogomphoides

| species = insignatus

| authority = Donnelly, 1979{{GBIF |title=Phyllogomphoides insignatus Donnelly, 1979 |id=1425404 |access-date=20 April 2024}}

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Phyllogomphoides insignatus is a species of dragonfly within the genus Phyllogomphoides. It is commonly known as dark-shouldered leaftail.{{cite web |title=Dark-shouldered Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides insignatus) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/562709-Phyllogomphoides-insignatus |website=iNaturalist |access-date=20 April 2024 |language=en}}

It was first described by Donnelly in 1979,{{cite web |title=Phyllogomphoides insignatus |url=https://insecta.pro/taxonomy/953847 |website=Insecta |access-date=20 April 2024}} and is found in Panama.{{cite web |last1=Donnelly |first1=T.W. |title=The genus Phyllogomphoides in Middle America (Anisoptera: Gomphidae) |url=https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/591487 |website=natuurtijdschriften |publisher=Odonatologica |access-date=20 April 2024}} This species was formerly only known from this description until the first photo of a living individual was taken and uploaded by an amateur naturalist to iNaturalist in 2019, where it was confirmed by experts to be insignatus.{{cite web |last1=Hull |first1=William |title=Dark-shouldered leaftail |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30096790 |website=iNaturalist |publisher=iNaturalist |access-date=20 April 2024}}

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Category:Insects described in 1979

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