Gomphurus Needham 1901 articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Gomphurus

provided by wikipedia EN

Gomphus vastus, cobra clubtail

Gomphurus is a genus of clubtails in the family of dragonflies known as Gomphidae. There are about 13 described species in Gomphurus.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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:^[1]^[4]^[3]

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

^ ^a ^b "Gomphurus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
^ ^a ^b 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. doi:10.1111/syen.12218. PMC 6104399. PMID 30147221.
^ ^a ^b "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2018-08-18.
^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 2018-08-18.

license: cc-by-sa-3.0
copyright: Wikipedia authors and editors

original: visit source
partner site: wikipedia EN

Gomphurus: Brief Summary

provided by wikipedia EN

Gomphus vastus, cobra clubtail

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

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

license: cc-by-sa-3.0
copyright: Wikipedia authors and editors

original: visit source
partner site: wikipedia EN