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Gomphurus

Gomphurus is a genus of clubtails in the family of dragonflies known as Gomphidae. There are about 13 described species in Gomphurus.

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Gomphurus
Blackwater clubtail, Gomphurus dilatatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Gomphurus
Needham, 1901
Gomphus vastus, cobra clubtail source ↗

Gomphurus is a genus of clubtails in the family of dragonflies known as Gomphidae. There are about 13 described species in Gomphurus.123

Gomphurus was formerly considered a subgenus of Gomphus, but has recently been promoted to genus rank along with Phanogomphus, Stenogomphurus and Hylogomphus.2

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Gomphurus:143

  • Gomphurus crassus (Hagen in Selys, 1878) (handsome clubtail)
  • Gomphurus dilatatus (Rambur, 1842) (blackwater clubtail)
  • Gomphurus externus (Hagen in Selys, 1858) (plains clubtail)
  • Gomphurus fraternus (Say, 1840) (midland clubtail)
  • Gomphurus gonzalezi (Dunkle, 1992) (Tamaulipan clubtail)
  • Gomphurus hybridus (Williamson, 1902) (cocoa clubtail)
  • Gomphurus lineatifrons (Calvert, 1921) (splendid clubtail)
  • Gomphurus lynnae (Paulson, 1983) (Columbia clubtail)
  • Gomphurus modestus (Needham, 1942) (gulf coast clubtail)
  • Gomphurus ozarkensis (Westfall, 1975) (Ozark clubtail)
  • Gomphurus septima (Westfall, 1956) (Septima's clubtail)
  • Gomphurus vastus (Walsh, 1862) (cobra clubtail)
  • Gomphurus ventricosus (Walsh, 1863) (skillet clubtail)
References

References

  1. "Gomphurus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  2. Ware, Jessica L.; Pilgrim, Erik; May, Michael L.; Donnelly, Thomas W.; et al. (2017). "Phylogenetic relationships of North American Gomphidae and their close relatives". Systematic Entomology. 42 (2): 347–358. Bibcode:2017SysEn..42..347W. doi:10.1111/syen.12218. PMC 6104399. PMID 30147221.
  3. "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  4. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
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