Gomphurus Explained
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.
Species
These 13 species belong to the genus Gomphurus:
- 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)
Further reading
- Book: Abbott . John C.. 2005. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. 978-0691113647.
- Ball-Damerow . J.E.. Oboyski . P.T.. Resh . V.H.. 2015. California dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) database: temporal and spatial distribution of species records collected over the past century. ZooKeys. 482. 10.3897/zookeys.482.8453. free . 25709531 . 4337221 . 67–89. 2015ZooK..482...67B.
- Book: Dunkle . Sidney W.. 2000. Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America. Oxford Press. 978-0195112689.
- Book: Needham . James G.. Westfall Jr. . Minter J. Jr.. May . Michael L.. 2000. Dragonflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. 0-945417-94-2.
- Book: Nikula . Blair. Loose . Jennifer L.. Burne . Matthew R.. 2003. Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife.
- Book: Silsby. Jill. 2001. Dragonflies of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press. 978-1560989592. registration.
- Book: Steinmann . Henrik. Wermuth . Heinz. Fischer . Maximilian. 1997. World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume II: Anisoptera. Das Tierreich. Walter de Gruyter. 111. 3-11-014934-6.